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A Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat lands on its carrier following a strike at Japanese installations in the Philippines in February 1945
419.Photograph. 'File No: 47892 February 6, 1945 Hellcat comes back A Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat lands on its carrier...
A near-hit on the USS Kalinin Bay, Philippine Sea
Photograph. United States Navy sailor crouching on the deck of the USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) during a near-hit by a...
Avenger using jet assistance to take off from a US aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Grumman TBF Avenger using jet assistance to take off from an American aircraft carrier. Official caption on...
Avengerbeing lifted on an elevator to a flight deck
Photograph. United States Navy Grumman TBF Avenger being lifted on an elevator to the flight deck of an aircraft...
Clouds of antiaircraft flak off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Clouds of antiaircraft flak over open water; antiaircraft gun barrels and folded American planes are on a...
Column of smoke rising from the USS Princeton, Philippine Sea, 1944
Photograph. Large column of smoke rising from the USS Princeton (CVL-23); another warship is in the middleground....
Columns of smoke billowing from US aircraft carriers, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Columns of smoke billowing from multiple United States aircraft carriers; Japanese bombs are exploding in...
Corsair being loaded with missiles, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States Navy sailors loading missiles onto a Vought F4U Corsair. Official caption on front: "Corsair...
Crew of the USS Wilkes-Barre helping fight fires on the burning USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Crew of the USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) helping fight fires on the burning USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Official...
Damaged signal bridge on the USS Hornet (CV-8) off the coast of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph. Signal bridge aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) damaged by a kamikaze attack; smoke is rising...
Damaged USS Hornet off the coast of Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) near two smaller American warships in open water. Official...
Damaged USS Ticonderoga off the coast of Taiwan, 1945
Photograph. Damaged island control structure of the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official...
Damaged USS Yorktown of the coast of Midway, 1942
Photograph. Heavily damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5) in open water with other American warships nearby. Official caption on...
Destroyed airplanes on the deck of the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Warplanes destroyed by Japanese kamikazes on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)....
Destroyed elevator on the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Destroyed elevator on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Official caption on front: "No. 2 elevator on Bunker...
Essex-class carrier underway on a strike mission, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Planes crowd the deck of an Essex-class carrier underway on a strike mission. Official caption on front: "...
Flaming Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Flaming Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier; another carrier is in the foreground...
Flaming Japanese bomber falling through the sky off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Flaming Japanese bomber falling through the sky. Official caption on front: "Jap bomber misses U. S....
Four large U.S. carriers lie at anchor between strikes in January 1945
414. Photograph. 'File No: 291064 January 2, 1945 Flat-tops at anchor at an island base. Framed by the propeller of an...
Grumman F6F Hellcats warming up on the deck of a Navy Essex class aircraft carrier in February 1944
409.Photograph. 'File No: TR-7989 February 22, 1944 This way lies Tokyo A disembodied arm extends outstretched over...
Hellcat landing on the deck of a US aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Grumman F6F Hellcat landing on the deck of an American aircraft carrier. Official caption on front: "...
Hellcats preparing for takeoff off the coast of Wake Island, 1943
Photograph. Line of Grumman F6F Hellcats parked on an aircraft carrier deck with engines running; the bulk of the...
Japanese aircraft carrier under attack by US forces, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Japanese aircraft carrier under attack by American forces; antiaircraft flak is visible in the sky;...
Japanese aircraft carrier under attack by US forces, Philippine Sea
Photograph, aerial. Smoke billowing from a Japanese aircraft carrier; bombs are exploding in the surrounding water; an...
Japanese aircraft carriers performing evasive maneuvers, Philippine Sea
Photograph, aerial. Two Japanese aircraft carriers performing evasive maneuvers to avoid American bombings; bombs are...
Japanese aircraft manuvering to avoid US Navy warplane bombardment of the coast of the Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Japanese aircraft carrier under attack by United States Navy warplanes; smoke and explosions are...
Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier; smoke is rising in the background. Official...
Japanese airplanes attacking the USS Hornet off the coast of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph. Japanese torpedo bombers attacking the USS Hornet (CV-8); spray from bullets in the water in the foreground...
Japanese airplanes attacking the USS Hornet off the coast of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph. Japanese torpedo bombers attacking the USS Hornet (CV-8); spray from bullets in the water in the foreground...
Japanese forces attacking a US aircraft carrier, East China Sea
Photograph. Japanese bomb exploding near an American aircraft carrier in the background; sailors are behind an...
Japanese warplane falling towards the ocean off the coast of the Philippines
Photograph. Japanese warplane falling out of sky near American aircraft carrier; clouds of antiaircraft flak surround...
Kamikaze crashing near a US aircraft carrier off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese kamikaze crashing in the ocean next to an American aircraft carrier; antiaircraft flak is in the...
Kamikaze plane crashing in near US aircraft carriers off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese kamikaze plane crashing in the ocean near two American aircraft carriers; antiaircraft flak is in...
Lifeboat of US Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942
Photograph. Lifeboat full of United States Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington (CV-2). Official caption on...
Marines aboard an aircraft carrier in September 1944
"File Number: 243454 September 19, 1944. Reveille at dawn-- Sprawled out below the wings of Navy planes, Marines en...

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