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P-47s Arrive Via USS Block Island (CVE-21),1943; Seabees On New Georgia
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Naval Photographic Center film #1204. National Archives description "1) LS USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-106) [SIC] in Belfast harbor as two tugs alongside tow it into port. 2) MCU Port bow view of BLOCK ISLAND being pulled by tug; P-47's in canvas packing on flight deck; personnel standing around .3) MCU Tractor crane unloading P-47 from flight deck and setting it on dock. SV 4) MS Planes parked on dock after being unloaded from carrier. SV 5) MLS Assembled P-47's sitting on line, plane lands in BG. 6) MLS Unassembled P-47's being lowered off carrier.SV 7) MLS P-47 being started, man in FG with CO2 bottle. 8) MS Port side view of BLOCK ISLAND, planes on flight deck. 9) MCU Crane hooks attached to bridle around a/c. 10) HA MS Plane sitting on dock below carrier; PAN with crane boom as it picks up another a/c and transports it to dock. 11) MS Flight deck personnel push plane underneath crane. 12) MCU Plane sitting on dock; BLOCK ISLAND in BG. 13) LS Title: Seabees Extend Airstrip, Munda, New Georgia Isl. - F6F flying over runway at Munda; bulldozers and other equipment in FG. 14) LS P-38 taking off, flying over part of airstrip being extended. 15) MS Three bulldozers leveling the ground; th…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force, RAF Langford Lodge, Thunderbolt (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, USS Block Island (CVE-21), United States -- Navy -- Seabees, World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering And Construction, USS Block Island, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- New Georgia, Lightning (Fighter Plane), Hellcat (Fighter Plane), World War II, Avenger (Fighter Plane)
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