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Flight Operations ; Seabees Repair Field ; F4U Burns, Vella Lavella Air Strip, New Island, 12/15/1943
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film #1388. National Archives description "1) LS MS F4Us, F6Fs, take off, land etc.-SV. 2) MS SCU Ground crew. DC-3s-SV. 3) MS CBs & equipment, repair strip-SV. 4) GV Strip, control tower. MS-Tilt Man signals with blinker. 5) MS SCU CBs fill holes, MS F6Fs taxi. 6) MS SCU Fire squad fights fire of burning F4U on strip SV. 7) MS Crash truck & bulldozer clears burned F4U wreckage SV." National Archives Identifier: 75982 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 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, Corsair (Fighter Plane), United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, Vella Lavella (Solomon Islands), Hellcat (Fighter Plane), United States. -- Navy -- Seabees, Douglas DC-3 (Transport Plane)
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