NAVAIR WWII

[Jack Cook]

TBD pulls up after bombing Wake Island 1942.

SBDs of VS-8 attacking damaged Japanese cruisers at the close of the Battle of Midway 6-42.

F2A flown by "Jump'in Joe Clifton 1942

TBMs off the Enterprise 1944.

TBM with battle damage CV-6.

F6F-5 VF-11 CV-12

SBDs of VB-6 CV-6

"Negative Ghostrider the pattern is full!"

[Nathan]

Great pics!

[tom d. friedman]

some i've never seen, especially the buffalo

[DSmith]

Love the picture of the Buffalo...

[henry]

jack, i'm new here so have never heard. where do you get all your pics from?

btw, beautiful pics.

[Owen Miller]

Great shots indeed! I've not seen the one of
the SBDs over the CV.

While we are on the subject of photos maybe
someone can point me in the right direction.
I have seen a photo taken during Butch O'Hare's
defense of LEX in Feb '42 that I now cannot find.
It shows three (I think) of the Bettys splasing
almost simultaneously and the LEX. It must have
been shot from a screening DD. I'd like to find
that shot and any others of the Betty's going
down.

[lmritger]

Hi Owen!

Isn't there a similar pic in Lundstrom's "The First Team"? I'll check my copy when I get home tonight.

Got your email by the way... man, how awesome would it be to sit and have Bill Esders walk you through the movie?

Have a great one,

Lynn

[Owen Miller]

I've looked in "The First Team" and it has a
couple of shots of Ito's Betty going down. I've
looked in "Fateful Roundeveaus", B.T.'s F4F
book, and some others. I'd be grateful for any
help you could provide.


Anything with the Esders was great. I still miss
them and visit them at Barrancus from time to
time.

[corsairboss]

Originals shots with their names




VBF 93 USS Boxer 1945



F-114 F4U-4 Corsair off of the USS Boxer VA-44 Hornets

[Jack Cook]

i'm new here so have never heard. where do you get all your pics from?

National Archives and my own colection of originals. Always on the lookout on ebay, garage sales, estate sales ect.
[/quote] I have seen a photo taken during Butch O'Hare's
defense of LEX in Feb '42 that I now cannot find.
[quote]

I have the one of the Betty with the right motor shot off trying the crash into the Lex.

[Jack Cook]

Here's some more shots.............

LT Oscar "Oc" Chenoweth Jr. VF-17 1944

Ltjg Schiess VBF-83 lands on the Essex.

F4U-4 VMF-232

Maj Bob Owens CO VMF-215 lands at Munda Point.

Maj. Greg Weissengerger boards his F4U-1 at Fighter 2 on Guadalcanal.

VMF-224

VBF-83 USS Essex

[Owen Miller]

That is some great stuff!!!!

Have you got anything showing Bob McClurg of VMF-214 with
his Corsair? How about the Corsairs of VF-653 during Korea?

[Jack Cook]

Have you got anything showing Bob McClurg of VMF-214 with
his Corsair?

Just the one you've already seen. I've got a number of VMF-214 photos but am not a Pappy fan.
Although I did cooresponded with Chris Magee quite a bit and really liked him.

F4U-1A #735 VMF-214

F4U-1A #777 VMF-214

F4U-1As VMF-114

VMF-215 at Munda Point

[Owen Miller]

I'm not a big Pappy fan either. Too much time talking with
the AVG............

However, I do admire the men of '214. I had the opportunity
to meet several of them a few years ago.

Anything on VF-653??

[Don Martin]

I just read an article in the new issue of Naval History Mag. about the NHC and TIGHAR colaborating on the survey and possible recovery of one of the two TBDs from VT-5(Yorktown) that ditched off of Jaluit Atoll during the Feb 1942 Marshall Islands Raid. They even show a photo of a diver next to one of them. Quite well preserved from the looks of it. Unfortunately the website still has last months issue as the current one. Here's the link anyway. Maybe they will have it updated soon!?
http://www.usni.org/navalhistory/nhcurrenttoc.htm
Don