U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats of Fighting Squadron 25 (VF-25) warming up on the flight deck of the light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens (CVL-25), while the carrier was operating with Task Group 58.3 during rai More
A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5) is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Ocean, circa in late 1943. A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser is visible i More
View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) warming up, circa in November-December 1943. Visible are 18 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of F More
The Landing Signal Officer aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), Lieutenant junior grade "Bud" Deering, brings in a plane, during the Marshalls and Gilberts Campaign, circa in November 19 More
The Landing Signal Officer aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), Lieutenant John W. Clark, USN, stands by to send a plane on its take-off run, during the Gilberts Campaing, in early Decem More
A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), during the Marshalls and Gilberts Campaign, circa in November 1943. Note the tail hook More
The Assitant Landing Signal Officer aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), Lieutenant Butler, signals "cut and land" to an incoming plane, during the Marshalls and Gilberts Campaign, circa More
U.S. Navy Commander Charles L. Crommelin, in his Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, ready to launch from the the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) for a raid on Marcus Island, 31 August 1943. Crommelin was commander of More
Lieutenant junior grade John Clark, Landing Signal Officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), gives an incoming pilot the signal to lift one wing, while directing landings on board, during the M More
U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnancemen loading a 1000-pound (454kg) general purpose bomb on a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless diver bomber on board an aircraft carrier, circa 1943-44. Note the landing gear details, the bomb ca More
A flight deck tractor races down the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) to pick up another plane, during the Gilberts Operation, in November 1943. The tractor is a modified farm More
U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), 1943-1944. Note the open elevator well in the foreground and the flight deck crewmen chocking wheels of the F6Fs.
A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair on Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, circa in late 1943. In the backgound are several Corsairs, two Douglas SBD Dauntless, a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat with More
A U.S. Navy Vought OS2U Kingfisher of Scouting Squadron 56 (VS-56) in flight over Massacre Bay Area, Attu, Alaska (USA), on 16 November 1943. Note that the aircraft still wears the national insignias as used u More
The Japansese transport Kinugawa Maru beached and sunk on the Guadalcanal shore, in November 1943. She had been sunk by U.S. aircraft on 15 November 1942, while attempting to deliver men and supplies to Japane More