Elevators, Elevators and more Elevators ...

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7826

For those of you into 'Elevators' sorry for the airplanes being in the way :wink:

Thought of this thread when looking at the USS Hornet's elevators the other day. I don't know, I find some interest in them a bit.
Photo source: All from the National Museum of Naval Aviation archives. Not a one from anywhere else so if there's a photo that belongs to someone else. My bad!!!

Part 1

One of the USS Hornet's elevators (my photo)

Another of the USS Hornet's elevators (my photo)

F4U Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 235 pictured on the aircraft elevator on board the escort carrier Cape Esperance (CVE 88) on March 14, 1952

SB2C-5 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron (VB) 95 from an elevator onto the hangar deck on board the carrier Bunker Hill (CV 17) during October 1945

NAA XFJ-2 Fury of NATC is on the deck elevator of USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) 1952

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Part 2

F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of VF-791 on the hangar-bay deck of USS Boxer (CV-21) off Korea.

F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of VBF-150 on #2 elevator of USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)

AJ Savage

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Part 3

SBD-4 of Composite Squadron 22 USS Independance

SBD-3 assigned to Escort-Scout Squadron 29 VGS-29 pictured on the aircraft elevator on board USS Santee ACV-29

F6F-3 Grumman Hellcat aircraft of VF-10 tailhook broke and the aircraft hit the barrie on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6).

F2H-3 Banshee of VF-31 on the elevator at the hangar deck of the USS Midway CVA-41 in the Mediterranean Sea c 1954

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Part 4

SB2C-1 of Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5) pictured on the flight deck elevator aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10).

USS Hornet CV12 c 1944

F6F Hellcat on a Carriers elevator

F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-8 with wings folded being positioned on the deck of USS Bunker Hill (CV-17).

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Part 5

F8U-1 Crusader of Fighter Squadron (VF) 32 pictured being towed from the waist elevator into the hangar bay on board the carrier Saratoga (CVA 60), 1958

Overhead view showing an F7U-3M Cutlass of Attack Squadron (VA) 83 on one of the elevators on board the carrier Forrestal (CVA 59)

Overhead view of an F3H-2 Demon of Fighter Squadron (VF) 14 on the deck edge elevator of an unidentified carrier.

An A3D Skywarrior of Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 9 positioned on the lowered deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier Saratoga (CVA 60), 1959-1960.

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Part 6

TBF Avenger, with Torpedo Squadron Nineteen (VT-19) on CV-16 (USS Lexington), being loaded on elevator to be raised to flight deck of carrier.

Personnel on board the carrier Bennington (CV 20) push an F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron (VF) 82 from an aircraft elevator onto the hangar deck

Avenger being hoisted below deck

Helldiver below deck

318th FG 19th FS Transfer June 1944

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Part 7

F4F being brought up to the flight deck

F4F Wildcats pictured on one of the aircraft elevators on board the carrier Enterprise (CV 6).

USS Hornet c 1944

F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft from VF-19 number 26 crashed into the elevator well on the deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) 1944

No fatality, just a big scare.

Just a big mess

Courier Sportster · **Joined:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:03 am **Posts:** 319

I like the one where you can see how to line up a TBM. although it's a dauntless pic. you'd think there'd be more such markings for tire placement.

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:13 pm

Elevator, going up?

Cool thread Mark,

Thanks man!

That He!!diver sure looks a sorry mess. I wonder if they are taking it below to part it out before hucking it over board.

Andy

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7826

For the skeptics who swear the USS Hornet's elevators don't work. They work .... just a bit of work to work, but they work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFzoLGDFPt0

Baldeagle · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:50 pm

a little mix of other eras, but including some interesting elevator action...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHnCy-YyIt8

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Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:03 am

Tks Mark!

This one is pretty scary....the prop is still turning!!!!

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Cutlass · **Posted:** Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:57 pm

[quote="Mark Allen M"]Part 5

Overhead view showing an F7U-3M Cutlass of Attack Squadron (VA) 83 on one of the elevators on board the carrier Forrestal (CVA 59)

That would be VA-86

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