Off North Africa's shores. U.S.

Off North Africa's shores. U.S. Navy planes with folded wings and the supertructure of the aircraft carrier on whose flight deck they rest, are silhouetted against a clouded evening sky off the coast of French Marocco. The scene was photographed as Allied forces prepared for the North African landings which paved the way for the liberation of French and Italian territory from the Germans in the Mediterranean theater.