re: So you want to be a Carrier Pilot

Coxwain on 32 ft U Boat, supporting Carrier Opps,
Picking up Downed Pilots

No Lights, Pitch black, dodging Carriers, destroyers, cruisers.
Pilots only had The Meatball lights.

Very Scary, almost as scary as working Opps with Seals

“The only easy day was yesterday”