Aboard USS Oakland (CL-95) Showing Japanese Planes Shot Down Off Saipan Island, Marianas Group, 02/22/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #1585. National Archives description "1) LS-Pan Japanese plane passes, DD & CVL fire at Japanese plane. 2) LS Japanese plane explodes on water, burns, CVL & CV FG. 3) LS-Pan Flak bursts around Japanese plane on horizon, strafing splashes FG, plane smokes, crashes, explodes, burns. 4) LS Japanese plane crashes, explodes on horizon (hazy). 5) LS BB & DD fire. LS 2 Japanese crashes planes burn near CVL. 6) LS Japanese plane dives, pan to CV. 7) LS Japanese plane crashes, AA flak, CV, FG. 8) LS DD underway--task force on horizon. 9) LS Formation 10 SBDs pass. LS 3 plane formations." National Archives Identifier: 76080 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, Japanese, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, Kamikaze Pilots -- Japan, World War II, USS Oakland, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Oakland (CL-95)

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