Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. U.S. Navy F2H-2 (Banshee) aircraft on a deck-edge elevator being prepared for flight. Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Leyte CVA- 32 underway at sea as seen from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) CVA-42. F2H-2 and F2H-2P aircraft land aboard the flight deck of USS FDR.
Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. A pilot steps into a U.S. Navy F2H-2P Banshee and his airplane captain assists him with harness and strap. The pilot sits in readiness prior to launch while his airplane captain cleans the windshield. Jets on the flight deck being readied for launch. An airplane guard destroyer in the background. Silhouette: Essex-class aircraft carrie USS Leyte, heavy cruiser USS Columbus and escorting destroyers in formation. A U.S. Navy AJ-1 (Savage) aircraft lands aboard USS FDR. The Savage aircraft spotted forward. A rocket cart loaded with 5" rockets being wheeled aft. Ordnance men secure 5" rockets under wings of Banshees. A large water spout beyond a destroyer escort during the operations. Island structure of USS FDR. F2H-2 Banshee aircraft from USS Roosevelt flying in formation past the ship. A F2H-2 landing aboard, passes the island forward to the elevator.
Ground Crewmen turn prop on Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the ground. U.S. Air Service Lt. Frank A Llewellyn standing beside Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft, puts on flight goggles. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Air Service Lt. M C Markham and Lt. L S Powell view the paper iron crosses pasted over bullet holes of Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft.Ground crewmen push a damaged Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft at Dogneville in France. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Scenes on an escort carrier of Task Group 52.2 off Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Aviator converses with another officer. Crew members pushing several General Motors FM-2 Wildcat aircraft with wings folded, along the flight deck. Some of the FM-2s have someone in the cockpit and engine running. These are simply guided by a few deck crew members.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. Airmen work on a U.S. Grumman S2F tracker aircraft. S2Fs are warming up on the flight deck of Valley Forge. A U.S. Piasecki HUP-2 helicopter warms up and then takes off. An S2F catapults and leaves the ship.
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