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.
Task Force units underway, as their voices acknowledge dispatch. One ship sends a signal message through light. Task Force underway. Hoist about to be put up. Man standing next to, Twin 40 Mount looks towards the underway Carrier. Flight deck show parked aircrafts. Ships underway.
Air field being strafed. Plane dives onto runaway area. Large fire and explosion. Buildings seen. Smoke arising from Atoll. (World War II period).
Smoke rising from an Atoll. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Aircraft Carrier underway. Strafing aircrafts on enemy, on enemy airfield at Truk in Pacific Theater. Enemy ships being strafed. Destroyer ship being strafed. Small vessel being strafed. Vessel begins to burn. Enemy transport sinks. (World War II period).
Officers of AAF(Army Air Force) with Chinese soldiers pose in front of a building. An AAF officer wearing bush jacket and pith helmet walks past a Flying Tiger Curtiss P-40 known as Warhawk. Mechanics working on P-40 fighter plane. An officer patting the nose of a P-40. Chinese laborers pulling a rope which is attached to a large roller across airstrip. Cumulus clouds seen. Shark's mouth and eyes painted on P-40's. Bombs drop through scattered clouds and smoke rises. (World War II period).
A large two storied building with typical Indian architecture with minarets and domes. A bay with small Indian craft, with a single sail and destroyer vessels seen. A large ship on an Indian city harbor. A Street is seen. View of a large Indian temple. A row of four P-66 Vanguards are parked on strip. Pilot is visible in the first plane. Two B-25s are parked in an open field. A P-38 parked in a grass field. Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China pose for pictures, in group as well as individually in front of a P-40.
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