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Japanese Suicide Plane Crashing Into Island Structure Of Carrier; Men Being Rescued Rough Sea
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Naval Photographic Center film # 69. Note comment below by RLT that the bombed ship at the beginning is the USS Lexington (CV-9). National Archives description: "LS Japanese plane, passing from R to L crashes into superstructure of CV of the ESSEX (CV-9) Class MLS Carrier burning; lot of smoke. LS Japanese aircraft shooting at it CU Battleship of the NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55) Class in very heavy seas breaking over the bow. MLS Same LS Raft in rough water; men being rescued in whaleboat; DE in BG. LS Whaleboat picking up the men in the rough sea. MS Two rubber liferafts in the water. HA MS Men rescuing men from the water, in rubber liferafts MS Motor whaleboat approaching camera (very rough sea). LS Whaleboat in very rough sea. MS Six rubber liferafts coming alongside ship; Navy TBM airborne. LS Men in rubber liferaft; TBM drops a smoke flare. MLS Three rubber liferafts with men in them in open seas, very rough." National Archives Identifier: 75325 listed as "Japanese SUICIDE PLANE CRASHING INTO ISLAND STROCTURE OF CARRIER; MEN BEING RESCUED IN ROUGH SEA:"
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, USS South Dakota, USS Lexington (CV-9), USS Lexington, USS South Dakota (BB-57), United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Japanese, Kamikaze Pilots -- Japan, World War, 1939-1945, Search And Rescue Operations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Avenger (Fighter Plane), Typhoon Cobra (1944)
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