U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sign reads 'US Naval Communications'. Women work in a room on typewriters. TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers fly out towards the carrier. Aircraft in flight with insignia of the United States. A ship 'The Fighting Lady' underway. Crewmen stand on the deck. A plane lands on the deck. Planes in flight in background. Wire barriers on the deck in case the plane fails to land on the resting gear. A landing signal officer on the deck. The plane lands on the ship's deck. People stand on the deck. The planes are to be rearranged for a take off. The skipper of the ship stands on the deck. The crew stand on the deck. The skipper reproofs the flight deck. He asks the deck crew to arrange the planes properly. A diagram of the carrier and an account of the hangar deck. A structure on the mid ship.
View of airfield at Chu Lai in Vietnam. U.S. Marine F-4A and F-4B Phantom II planes land on the runway. They deploy their drag chutes on the ground roll. A Marine A-4 also lands. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Navy F9F aircraft crashes while landing on deck of the USS Princeton (CV-37) off the coast of Korea, during the Korean War. Aircraft hits the edge of the flight deck. It bursts into flames. Black smoke arises. Firefighters and men run towards the plane. Men with fire hoses try to control the fire. Injured pilot lies on the flight deck. Men carry the pilot on stretcher.
An F9F-2 airplane with number 210 on wing lands on CV-37 (USS Princeton) flight deck off the coast of Korea, during the Korean War. It hits the barrier on landing. Deck crew run towards the plane. Pilot in the cockpit.
F9F-2 aircraft of U.S. Navy squadron VF-112 lands on flight deck of the USS Princeton off the coast of Korea, during Korean War. Aircraft hits the barrier. The plane, with wings forward, it towed on the flight deck and damage to right wing and tail are visible. Deck crew gathered around the plane. Deck crew repairing the barrier.
U.S. Navy F9F-2 airplane from VF-112 squadron is seen tipped on its side after a taxi accident on the deck of CV-37 USS Princeton, located off the coast of Korea. Crew gathered around the plane working to right it. (Korean War period.)
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