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Burning Japanese planes crash into U.S. landing crafts off the coast of Leyte during World War II.
Japanese air attack on U.S. Task Force ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippines during World War II. Japanese plane falls, crashes in water. Many small crafts lay smoke screen. Two Japanese plane crash in water. One crashes into LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry). Wounded U.S. soldiers in LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) alongside ship. U.S. gun crew fire antiaircraft gun aboard destroyer. Bombs burst near ship. Two burning Japanese planes, one crashes into LCI.
Small crafts of U.S. Task Force lay smoke screen and smoke pots off the coast of Leyte during World War II.
U.S. Task Force ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippines during World War II. Wounded U.S. soldiers are transferred in LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside ship. LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) lays smoke screen. Small crafts lay smoke screen and smoke pots in area. Smoke pots on water. 20MM gun crew at stations. LCVP approaches, lays smoke.
A FM2 Wildcat aircraft hits another plane and tumbles into ocean while attempting to land on the deck of a Light Aircraft Carrier (CVL) in Manila Bay during World War II
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) painted in camouflage measure 33 design 10a, underway in Manila Bay, Philippines, during World War 2. United States Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers circle above the USS Ticonderoga. An SB2C Helldiver lands on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6). An FM-2 Wildcat attempts to land on a CVL, overshoots, and hits an FM-2 parked on the forward flight deck. It shears off a wing of the parked plane, and tumbles into the ocean.
U.S. naval fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
General MacArthur maps the drive on Leyte with field commanders. Guarding the operation in the Philippines is a vast naval force. Battle map shows location of U.S. 7th fleet (Kinkaid) and U.S. 3rd fleet (Halsey). The air and sea Battle of Leyte Gulf. Aircraft carrier operation, planes land and take-off. Japanese plane shot down; hit by anti-aircraft fire Japanese plane cartwheels through the sky and crashes into the ocean. The USS Princeton is loss in battle. Aerial view of damage and later view of Princeton magazine exploding. Damaged plane landing on carrier deck on one landing gear. Admiral Nimitz reports on battle. (World War II period).
Japanese zero makes kamikaze dive on USS Suwanee (CVE-27), and impacts deck, as seen from USS Sangamon.
During the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, a Japanese A6M5 Zero aircraft carries out one of the first kamikaze attacks of World War II, diving and attacking the U.S. Navy Escort Carrier USS Suwanee (CVE-27) in the Leyte Gulf of the Philippines. Clouds of black smoke billow from the hit carrier. Some Navy sailors from the hit USS Suwanee in the water, blown overboard by the explosion, approaching USS Sangamon (CVE-26), also in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") for assistance. USS Sangamon underway.
Crippled planes attempt landings and crew pay homage to casualties aboard USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Philippines.
U.S. Navy filming aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during World War II. U.S. aircraft return after an assault on the Imperial Japanese Naval fleet. Damaged and crippled planes make landing attempts on the flight deck. A dive bomber attempts a landing on one wheel, lands and falls over one side of the carrier into the water. Another plane lands and crashes. A U.S. Navy crew member helps the U.S. Navy pilot out of the burning plane. Crew members carry him away on a stretcher. Another crippled plane lands on the flight deck. Sailors put up the scores on a wall of the carrier including Japanese aircraft, ships and cruisers destroyed by the USS Yorktown crew. A pilot puts up his score on his plane, for the number of Japanese aircraft and Imperial Navy carriers hit. The crew collects on the flight deck for burial at sea. The deceased include Lieutenant Commanders and Lieutenants. Sailors give a gun salute and pay last respects to the U.S. Navy sailors killed in action. 'The Fighting Lady' underway, and her carrier planes in flight.