BRITISH AND U.S. OFFICERS ABOARD AMERICAN CARRIER. Sublieutenant Alan N.

BRITISH AND U.S. OFFICERS ABOARD AMERICAN CARRIER. Sublieutenant Alan N. Mackie, British Royal Navy, of Ventner Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland (left), relaxes from carrier plane training with U.S. Lieutenant Commander Edward T. Deacon aboard the American aircraft carrier Charger. Sublieutenant Mackie is one of a group of British pilots training on the Charger for Allied action against enemy aircraft, shipping and communications. U.S. Rear Admiral Dewitt C. Remsey said on July 7,1944, that by the end of 1944 the U.S. will have over 100 carriers in the Pacific theater alone.