battle of midway

  1. American aircraft WW2

    American aircraft WW2

    Bad approach!
  2. Movie star

    Movie star

    This F4F Wildcat is at our local airshow1978.It is owned by a local. His name is Rudy Frasca and he lives in Urbana, Illinois- a short 35 mile drive away. He is president and head CEO of his own company that makes FRASCA Flight Simulators world wide. He has his own airfield and quite a nice...
  3. USS Yorktown - Battle of Midway

    USS Yorktown - Battle of Midway

  4. USS Yorktown - Battle of Midway

    USS Yorktown - Battle of Midway

  5. Heroes

    Heroes

    USN Ensign George Gay lone survivor of Torpedo sqd. 8 in hospital at Pearl Harbor after being rescued at the battle for Midway Island where he was shot down and from his vantage point in the sea watched the Jap carrier force, 4 in all destroyed at the battle for Midway.
  6. Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    This is a picture of a US Aircraft Carrier under attack from the Japanese along with the rest of her fleet at Midway. It is very possible that this shot is the USS YORKTOWN CV-10 "The Fighting Lady" but I cannot confirm that. Maybe someone out there could clarify this for us?
  7. Midway Atoll

    Midway Atoll

    Aerial photograph, looking just south of west across the southern side of the atoll, 24 November 1941. Eastern Island, then the site of Midway's airfield, is in the foreground. Sand Island, location of most other base facilities, is across the entrance channel. photo and description from NAVAL...
  8. USS Yorktown

    USS Yorktown

    Battle of Midway, June 1942 Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers.
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