A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U.S. Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944. The plane had been shot up over Peleliu, taking out the hydraulics. With the shot up ailerons and a large hole in the right wing, the pilot managed a landing. However, he struck a gun turret and...
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?
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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