U.S. Navy air sea rescue in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A pilot in a life raft and green dye marker on the water surface. Pilot in raft paddles as he approaches toward a U.S. Navy PBM Mariner aircraft. Pilot being assisted by men into the PBM aircraft. Three men in a life raft off the British aircraft carrier, HMS Formidable. Men being picked up. Men stand on the deck of the ship.
U.S. Navy air sea rescue operation in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Aerial view of an aircraft as it approaches a man in a yellow life raft. Aircraft in flight. Aircraft approaches the life raft.
Flight deck activities aboard a United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Gun gallery as damaged TBM Avenger aircraft is jettisoned over the side. U.S. Navy F6F aircraft lined up on the flight deck of the ship. Men push a F6F aircraft backwards on the deck. An aircraft carrier underway at sea as explosions occur at sea and water splashes. U.S. Navy F4U aircraft taxis along the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Aircraft in flight. F6F hellcat jettisoned over the side of the carrier and being dropped in the sea. Crew on deck look on and watch the plane fall into the ocean. F6Fs warm up and taxi along the deck with plane handlers in the foreground. F6Fs take off from the deck.
Flight deck activities aboard a United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. 20 mm guns aboard an aircraft carrier being fired from the gun gallery. An air carrier on horizon as it fires. A covered motor launch comes alongside. U.S. Navy F6F, F4U and TBF warm up as they taxi along the flight deck. Aircraft take off. An aircraft lands on the flight deck.
View from inside one of several U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 liberator bomber aircraft attacking Japanese positions on Iwo Jima in World War II. Dim aerial view of Iwo Jima from overflying Navy PB4Y. Smoke rising from isolated explosions on the ground. U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, cruisers, and gunboats, of Task Force 51, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, are visible but not individually identifiable from the air. smoke rising onshore as shells from navy guns explode. Smoke also seen from the barrels of the warships themselves, as they fire barrages. Large white clouds of smoke obscure the beaches of Iwo Jima as the warships begin firing white phosphorus shells. At the same time, large numbers of amphibious landing craft are assembled in lines ready to move toward the beach. Bright images of the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) bombarding Iwo Jima with her twelve 14-inch guns. View from the air over Iwo Jima during the naval bombardment.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. cargo ships and attack transport ships underway as sunrises in the background. 20 mm gun barrel silhouetted in the foreground. Ships underway in the background. Men silhouetted at rail in the foreground. A convoy of ships underway at sea. A group of LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) underway. Landing boats in operation.
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