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United States fighter aircrafts F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair on aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9); point of view approach from SBD Dauntless.

Aircraft of Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9), embarked aboard the USS ESSEX (CV-9), operating with Task Force 58, are seen returning from a strike over Tokyo, Japan, in February, 1945, during World War 2. They display the white double-diamond tail design of aircraft assigned to the USS Essex. F4U Corsair makes an arrested landing. Unusual point of view shot from rear seat, left side, of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft as it approaches aircraft carrier, turns, and comes in for landing on the carrier deck. F4U Corsair taxiing to deck edge elevator and lowered to hangar below. F6F Hellcat touchdown for an arrested landing. Pilots seen in the cockpit.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040813
Ship Borne Dive-bombers strafe enemy sites in the Pacific.

Flight deck officers giving launch signals. Launch of aircraft on deck of carrier ship. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Torpedo bombers TBM Avenger makes a deck launch. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in a diving run. SBDs in formation. Enemy buildings and dock area being strafed. Coastal area of island seen. Wooden area being strafed. Blasted hangars on enemy held island. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040817
Attack on Marianas Saipan-Tinian-Guam

"Marianas Turkey Shoot". Strafing and explosion on Mariana Islands by United States Task Force. View of coastal areas of island. Bomb hits on bay. Strafing on islands. Dock areas burning. Smoke rises from island. Explosions on the buildings on water front. Japanese planes being shot down. Enemy fighter planes explodes. Plane catches on fire and heads towards water. Pilot jumping from aircraft. Transport type plane strafed. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040818
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) refueling USS Bullard (DD-660) while underway at sea during World War II

USS Bullard (DD-660) destroyer approaching the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) aircraft carrier. Most of the destroyer's crew are on deck. Superstructure of carrier seen. Sailors on the Bullard haul on support lines attached to fuel lines. Two fuel lines rigged. After refueling, view of the forward fuel line being released from the and hauled aboard the carrier. The USS Bullard (DD-660) pulls away.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040832
Slow motion views of F4U Corsair mishap during landing on flight deck of USS Bunker Hill during World War II

Views from low on flight deck as a United States F4U Corsair of VF-17, comes in for a landing on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during shakedown cruise. It engages several restraining cables, and noses over. The plane rights itself and is pulled back by the cables. Smoke seen coming from engine cowling. Sailors including firefighters in protective gear, rush toward the aircraft. Sailor sprays extinguisher into cowling area of the Corsair's engine. The pilot is seen apparently unhurt, in the open cockpit.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040833
F4U Corsair landing mishap on USS Bunker Hill during World War II

F4U Corsair landing mishap during shakedown cruise of Navy Fighter Squadron VF-17, aboard the carrier, USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The event is shown in seen in slow motion. A Douglas SBD Dauntless makes a normal landing. Next, a Corsair, marked 17-F-10, engages a restraining cable but noses over to completely vertical position, and then falls off toward left wing, before settling back. Smoke engulfs the airplane, but quickly clears. Sailors quickly respond, surrounding the aircraft.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040834