GSAP: USN Planes Raid Truk Island; Strafe Ships & Planes; Aerial Combat (full)

About this film

Extracted from United States Naval Photographic Center film #1635. National Archives description "USN PLANES RAID TRUK ISLAND; STRAFE SHIPS & PLANES; AERIAL COMBAT 1) HA AtoG Strafing of Japanese ship off Truk Island; number of hits. 2) HA AtoG Strafing Japanese Zero. G 3) HA AtoG Tracers hitting Japanese ship; early dawn action. 4) HA AtoG Japanese airfield being strafed; hangars and planes burning.(SV) 5) HA AtoG Strafing Japanese ship. 6) HA AtoG Buildings being bombed; smoke rising. 7) HA AtoG Near misses in bombing Japanese ships. 8) HA AtoG Near misses and hits on Japanese airfield. 9) HA LS AtoG Burning buildings on Truk Island. 10) HA AtoG Near miss of Japanese AKA. (bombing) 11) LA MS SOC being catapulted. 12) MCU Man inserting shell into catapult. 13) MS Man waving green flag for catapulting; SOC catapulted; ship in BG. 14) MS SOC catapulted; PAN. 15) HA MS Men handling 40mm ammunition. 16) LA GtoA SOC towing target sleeve and being fired at by 40mm guns. 17) HA MS 20mm mount firing. 18) HA MS 40mm mount firing. (SV) 19) HA LS SOC being hoisted aboard catapult. 20) LA MS Pilot climbing from cockpit of SOC." National Archives Identifier: 76113 As always, any error or typo…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, GSAP, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese, Curtiss SOC Seagull, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Gun Sight Aiming Point, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Chuuk (Micronesia), United States. -- Navy -- Aviation

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