Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft bank over the carrier before landing, following strikes on Japanese shipping in the China Sea, circa mid-January 1945. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
USS Hornet
(CV-12)
You can see one of Hornet's two centerline elevators and her deck-edge elevator in this photo. The aircraft are Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldivers. The Helldiver was the successor to the SBD Dauntless.