Radioplane OQ-2 Target Drone; Invasion Fleet Off Iwo Jima & Shipboard Activity, USS Bayfield (APA-33), 03/07/1945

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film #11473. Antiaircraft practice aboard ship. Footage of Radioplane OQ-2 target drone. Landing operations - shot of amphibious vehicle. LST-782 on beach. Footage ashore - Marines walk down road. (Okinawa?) At sea - flag on ship. Iwo in distance. Sailor operates blinker light. Crane loaded with a tractor. Slate: "Coast Guard, USS Bayfield APA 33, Loading of Jeeps, trailers, bulldozers, for transfer to target area, Date: 3-7-45, M.P. Allen." Pan: storm clouds. Slate: "Coast Guard, Target Practice on way to Okinawa. Date: 27 Mar 45" No National Archives description. National Archives Identifier: 2518995 "Anti-Aircraft Practice Using Target Drone - Invasion Fleet Off Iwo Jima And Shipboard Activity, USS Bayfield (APA-33), 04/1945" (mislabeled) As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, USS Bayfield, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Bayfield (APA-33), Drone Aircraft, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, Battle Of Okinawa, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, United States. Marine Corps, WWII In Color, USS LST-782, Motor Vehicles, Amphibious -- United States

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