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US Navy fighter and bomber aircraft from USS Yorktown strafe Japanese bases and positions on the Truk Islands.

US Navy documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown in the Pacific Theater during World War II. US Naval officers and sailors discuss over a map on a table. Animated map depicts Japanese fleet positions on the Truk Islands. The Figlting Lady squadron and squadrons from other carriers take off for combat over the Truk Islands. Sailors talk over the radio aboard USS Yorktown. A map shows the heavily fortified islands surrounded by air strips, and naval anchorages among the islands. Crewmen aboard Yorktown prepare the planes for take off. Machine gun fire from the planes over the Truk Islands. They dive bomb the island. The aircraft are hit and descend to the ground. A plane drops into the ocean. US airplanes bomb Japanese planes on fighter strips, bomb bases and sea plane ranches. Smoke due to heavy bombardment. Planes dive and drop bombs. Fire due to bombing of a fast fleet tanker hiding in a sheltered cove. US bombers and fighter planes strafe other fleet auxiliaries including rice boats, transports and ammunition ships. They are set on fire with 50 caliber incendiaries and armor piercing plugs. The ships on fire sink into the ocean.

Location: Truk Caroline Islands

Date: 1945

Duration: 4 min 18 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Hit and damaged US Navy aircraft land on the USS Yorktown deck after strafing Japanese positions and ships on the Truk islands.

US Navy documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown in the Pacific Theater during World War II. USS Yorktown off the Truk Islands. US planes from the carrier strafe Japanese fleet auxiliaries like rice boats, transports and ammunition ships. They strafe ships loaded with TNT, fire at ships off shore. Explosions in the water. The squadron returns and lands on the carrier deck. The Air Group Commander inspects his aircraft windshield blotted with blood. The plane was hit by a 40mm anti aircraft gun. The crew helps the wounded Commander off the plane. Other planes land with difficulty. Casualties on stretchers taken below by the crew.

Location: Truk Caroline Islands

Date: 1945

Duration: 1 min 38 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English