SQUADRON 12 BOMBS NAURU; PLANES TAKE OFF USS SARATOGA FOR TARAWA RAID | The Archive Project

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1) LS SBD dives. Formation SBDs--very shaky.2) LS F6F drops bomb. TBF passes.3) LS CVE, BB. CA, ships of task force-SV.4) MS F6Fs, SBDs land, spotted, take off etc., signal flags & radar on CV-SV.5) SCU Pilot enters F6F.6) MS Men wheel SBD, unfold wings.7) MS F6F takes off.8) LSMS Fighter plane formation. US Flag. SCU CV cuts water.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date

1943

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TRT

2:53

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