>>63935108
Wildcats
>shitty biplanes
in 1939 the USN was flying picrel, which weren't much better than Gloster Gladiators

>>63935150
I had thought you would have known, Mister Basic Research, that previous British carrier classes were Treaty-influenced "war emergency" carriers the way you claimed the Essex class was, regardless of completion times which on the British side were delayed due to priority given to ASW escorts
the Maltas and Midways were the first ships where the designers were told "you know what, the sky's the tonnage limit"