Activities aboard United States Ship Wasp in Pacific Ocean. Plane Captain stencils a Japanese flag (the second one) on fuselage of F6F-5 aircraft from VF-81, aboard the USS Wasp (CV-18) during World War 2. The pilot, Executive officer of the Wasp, Commander Joseph C. Clifton, sits in the cockpit, watching with satisfaction.
Activities abroad United States aircraft carrier, USS Wasp (CV-18) in Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Sailors play basketball. in a court set up on hangar deck of the ship. Captain W.G. Switzer and several crew members watch the game from guard rail at the flight deck, above. F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft of VF-81, with wings folded, are parked behind them.
Activities abroad United States Ship Wasp in the Pacific Ocean, during World War 2. Commander Joseph C. Clifton, Executive Officer of the USS Wasp, reads citation accompanying medal to be awarded to Lieutenant Commander, Cleo J. Dobson, Commanding Officer of Squadron VF-86. Captain of the Wasp, Captain W.G. Switcher, pins the medal on Dobson. (Note: Downing of the last Japanese plane of the war, has been attributed, by some sources, to Dobson.)
Fire fighting aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Western Pacific Ocean off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan). Sailors direct fire hoses on a burning TBF Avenger and hole in the flight deck. The TBF Avenger had returned from a sortie, landed on the deck, taxied near the island and then exploded. 50 sailors were killed and 75 injured. Corpsmen carry wounded man on stretcher across flight deck. (World War II period).
Airmen prepare for the take off off an American biplane in the United States during World War I. An airman sits near the biplane. Tent hangar opens. The airman pushes the biplane. Planes, airmen and tents seen in background. The airman stands on a ridge.
Pilots on assignments in the United States during World War I. Pilots gets assignment in an outdoor shack. They walk towards the biplanes and check them. Two pilots climb into the cockpit of the planes. The planes start and take off. Pilots in the cockpits of airborne biplanes. Bombs dropped from the plane. Airmen lined up.
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