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Scenes Aboard The USS Yorktown (CV-10) & Night Firing, 02/24/1945
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film #8530. National Archives description " 1) HS-MS Damaged TBF lands & crashes. 2) HS CV underway firing AA gun, practice; many parked planes on fantail FG. 3) GV Night shot: Many tracers in air. 4) MS-Pan F6Fs taxi & take off-SV. 5) MS-Pan SB2C taxis & takes off. 6) GV DDs, CVs, CLs in anchorage-SV. 7) HS SB2Cs & TBFs approach & land-SV. 8) MS Men on deck receive coffee. 9) MS-LS Officers on bridge, shot from flight deck-SV. 10) MS Jeep load of sandwiches, fruit & coffee passes across flight deck. 11) RS-MS Packages of food & coffee distributed to men on flight deck-SV. 12) MS Men fight gasoline fire on flight deck. 13) MS Damaged F6F is jettisoned from side elevator." National Archives Identifier: 78521 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, American, United States. Navy, USS Yorktown (CV-10), Avenger (Fighter Plane), United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, Helldiver (Dive Bomber), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War II, WWII In Color, USS Yorktown
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