U.S. carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. USS Saratoga (CV-3) underway at sea. A U.S. Navy FM-2 Wildcat makes an arrested landing aboard USS Saratoga. The aircraft approaches the deck, makes an arrested landing and rolls out. A pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. Flight deck crewmen fold the wings. A U.S. Navy TBM Avenger makes an arrested landing and rolls to stop. The aircraft taxis up the deck and folds wings. A pilot jumps down the wing of the FM-2 Wildcat aircraft. A large hole caused by enemy fire in the wing of the aircraft.
Flight deck operations aboard U.S.S. Lexington (CV-16) in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. F6F Hellcat fighters,numbered 4,24, and 2 of Squadron VF-16 (Fighting Airedales) taking off from flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16). Three F6Fs, of VF-16, with engines running. Aircraft numbers 19 and 7 taxi forward. a Douglas SBD dive bomber, number 32, taxis forward as rear seater adjusts his machine gun.
Flight deck operations aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Lexington (CV-16) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger takes off from the flight deck U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat, and U.S. Navy Douglas SBDs Dauntless take off from the flight deck.
Carrier operations aboard the USS Monterey (CVL-26) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter plane crashed in water. USS Monterey in the foreground. Pilots scrambles out of cockpit. Pilot in water next to aircraft, aircraft sinks.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. American crew helps Australian survivors down sub hatch of U.S. submarine. Deck of submarine underway. The interiors of submarine showing the survivors.
U.S. submarines underway in the Pacific Ocean, headed toward their home port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. Aerial view of the submarines underway. An airplane in flight overhead.