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To address another factor that people haven't mentioned yet, besides deck parks and the hangers simply being larger, the Japanese didn't fold their planes and the Brits had strict fire safety standards in the first few years of the war that reduced parking density. So the Americans just plain parked their planes more densely than the other two carrier powers did.Notably, the Illustrious class jumped from 33 to 45 aircraft stowed in the hanger just by relaxing those fire safety anti-density measures.
To address another factor that people haven't mentioned yet, besides deck parks and the hangers simply being larger, the Japanese didn't fold their planes and the Brits had strict fire safety standards in the first few years of the war that reduced parking density. So the Americans just plain parked their planes more densely than the other two carrier powers did.
Notably, the Illustrious class jumped from 33 to 45 aircraft stowed in the hanger just by relaxing those fire safety anti-density measures.
