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Hellcats Land On USS Yorktown (CV-10) & Burial At Sea, 01/1945
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Naval Photographic Center film #8196. National Archives description "1) MS BB underway. 2) HS From island, F6Fs land, rocket from one comes away & slides among parked planes. 3) HS-MS Parked F6Fs on flight deck, warming up. 4) HS F6Fs taxi into position, take off, starting signal officer at left. 5) HS-CU F6F crashes on deck, noses over, plane crew jettisons belly tank. 6) MS-Pan Funeral services on deck, body draped in American flag, crew & officers at quarters. 7) MS Chaplain reads burial service. 8) MS Honor guard presents arms. 9) MS Body committed to sea. 10) CU Cake commemorating 17,0O0 landing on USS YORKTOWN. 11) CU Pilot gets out of plane, baker brings cake to Adm. Radford; Adm. Radford & pilot admire cake. 12) LS Evening shot: Ships in column on horizon (good color) 13) MS DD underway, CVL BG. 14) MS-Pan CA, New Orleans class, underway, BB BG; also shows DD, CVL & BB & other ships underway. 15) MS U.S. flag flies from sponsor on USS YORKTOWN. 16) MS SB2C in flignt. 17) MS CA, DD, & CV underway in line." National Archives Identifier: 78410 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, pleas…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, Cake, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Hellcat (Fighter Plane), Radford, Arthur William, Helldiver (Dive Bomber), United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, World War II, WWII In Color
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