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The Saratoga was big but you are not really comparing like with like. At that point in the war the Royal Navy carriers didn't park aircraft on deck as they had
by rjsw 11y ago
The Saratoga was big but you are not really comparing like with like. At that point in the war the Royal Navy carriers didn't park aircraft on deck as they had been mainly operating in the North Atlantic with bad weather conditions and in the Mediterranean where they could be attacked by land-based aircraft. The Victorious carried more aircraft later in the war.
- vonmoltke 11y agoI don't remember offhand when her air group size increased. I think it was after this point in the war, though. She got Avengers and Martlets in December of 1942, but I don't think the size of the air group was increased at that point.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoThey were never comparable in air wing size.