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Plane Crashes; USS Bunker Hill (CVA 17) Refueling USS Bullard (DD 660); SecNav & Adm. Stark, 1944
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United States Naval Photographic Center film #1428 National Archives description "LS DD coming alongside the BUNKER HILL; SBD"s on the flight deck of the carrier. HA MS Overlooking bow of DD; men on the bow of the DD; superstructure of the carrier. HA MS Group of men on the boat deck of the DD pulling on line attached to fuel line. HA MS Looking down between the USS BULLARD (DD-660) & the BUNKER HILL; fuel lines rigged. HA MS Line is released from the fo'c's'le of the BULLARD & hauled in aboard the carrier. MLS Port-quarter view of the BULLARD pulling away (OX). MS PAN F4U comes in for landing; strikes barricades and noses over; island in the BG (slow-motion). MS F4U lands, hits barricades and noses over; nearly falls over on its back, but rights itself; smoke pouring from plane (slow-motion); men run up on deck from catwalks.MLS F4U hits deck, hits barricades and n over; men in catwalks run out onto deck. QUALITY GOOD TO FAIR HA MS TBF in water, partially submerged; pilot and gunner scramble out of plane and the plane sinks. MS F4U hits deck, crashes into barricades; comes into CU as it strikes barricades in the FG and noses over (very good); men up on 40mm mounts on the island. M…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Bullard (DD-660), Avenger (Fighter Plane), USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, USS Bunker Hill, Corsair (Fighter Plane), United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, Search And Rescue Operations, Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972, Knox, Frank, 1874-1944, USS Bullard, World War II, Aircraft Accidents
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