USS Lexington CV-16 (1943)
Flight deck crewmen spot a pair of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aboard USS Lexington CV-16 at the aft end of the flight deck in preparation...
L-4 236389
Piper L-4 236389 named "Elizabeth" prepares to take off from the flight deck of USS Ranger CV-4, to spot gunfire and carry out...
Japanese Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (1945)
#otd a look at Ibuki Japanese Aircraft Carrier, incomplete at Sasebo, Japan, on 2 November 1945. Nested alongside are the transport...
USS Langley CVL-27 (1940)
A look back to USS Langley CVL-27 with a F6F Hellcat being launched during operations in vicinity of Nansei-Shoto, off China Coast,...
Wildcat Wednesday at the Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)
#otd & #wildcatwednesday the Battle off Samar, USS Kitkun Bay CVE-71 prepares to launch FM-2 #Wildcat fighters. In the center distance,...
Sinking of the Zuikaku (1944)
#otd the Battle off Cape Engano, crew members salute as the Japanese Naval Ensign is lowered on the sinking carrier Zuikaku, 25 October...
Attack on Zuikaku (1944)
#otd the Battle off Cape Engano, Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku under attack and smoking, though still under way. Photographed from a...
Battle of Leyte Gulf
#otd we look back to wounded pilot, Ensign A.A. Brauer, USNR, from his F6F aboard USS Lexington CV-16 after a strike on the Japanese...
Leyte Landings from USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (1944)
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte. Here are the 5-inch/38 battery’s of USS Pennsylvania BB-38 bombarding Japanese positions on...
Landings at Leyte
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte, here fires can be seen started by pre-invasion bombardment of Leyte, 20 October 1944....
