U.S. warships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in flight over water, dropping practice bombs on a target sled seen in the wake of the towing warship. Clouds in the sky. Sailors on the deck of a ship. An Iowa class battleship underway, flanked by an escorting destroyer. An F6F aircraft starting its engine on the deck of an aircraft carrier. More aircraft dropping practice bombs on a towed target sled.
U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A motor launch underway. Men aboard the motor launch.
U.S. aircraft carrier recovering F6F aircraft while underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Several aircraft make uneventful landings. However, one apparently radioed about a problem . As his aircraft comes to a stop, tip of the right wing appears to fall off the aircraft. It slides down over the wing flap to the deck. A firefighter in protective gear, climbs one the aircraft wing and speaks with the pilot, who is sitting, calmly , in the cockpit filling out a report. Deck crew examine the broken material and spread it out on the deck. Momentary view of torn right wing tip.
A U.S. ship in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. USS Bunker Hill underway burns. Thick black smoke rises from the ship. A destroyer escort nearby.
U.S. ships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Survivors of USS Bunker Hill in water. A destroyer escort underway.
USS Bunker Hill burns in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Thick black smoke rises from the ship as she burns. A destroyer escort in the background. Large columns of smoke and bursts of flame rise from the burning ship. USS Baltimore and the destroyer escort in the background.
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