Flight operations aboard USS Kitkon Bay (CVE-71) Part 3

Description

1) LA MCU F4F landing aboard Kitkon Bay (CVE-71); pan follows aircraft as hook engages. 2) MS F4F missing first arresting line; hook engages as second line. 3) LA MS Pan LtoR making arrested landing aboard Kitkon Bay. 4) MS F4F vering off to left after making arrested landing. 5) MS Pan RtoL, F4F making arrested landing; men run out to disengage hook. 6) LA MLS F4F approaching carrier and making landing; DD underway in background. 7) MS Pan RtoL, F4F making landing. 8) SV F4F's making landing. 9) MS Pan of F4F missing arresting gear and nosing over on deck (very good action) 10) MLS F4F making landing; several men in catwalks at R of frame. 11) LA MLS F4F taking wave-off and flying off overhead; DE underway in background. 12) LA MLS F4F making landing; hook engage; aircraft stops (SV). 13) HA MLS F4F taking off from Kitkon Bay; several men near island structure on right. 14) LA MS F4F making bouncey landing. 15) LA MS Same as before. 16) MS TBF dock launched from Kitkon Bay; officers and enlisted men watching. 17) HA MLS Pan of F4F crashing on dock as it tries to land. 18) LA MCU Crew members degassing F4F. 19) SV Crew members pushing F4F across dock; wheels of F4F have collapsed. 20) MS F4F's on deck of Kitkon Bay; engines turning over. 21) MS Pan of TBF taking off. 22) LA LS TBF's in formation flight overhead; pan of plane being pushed across deck of Kitkon Bay. 23) HA MS Men on decks of ship at boxing match; men in ring boxing. 24) HA MCU Men in ring boxing. 25) HA MS Same as above. General views, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, April 21, 1944: 26) MS Truck hauling trailer down causeway on island toward PBM's at pier. 27) MS Pan of jeep hauling two men, going down causeway. 28) MLS Island harbor; PBM taxiing in harbor. 29) LS Group of quonset huts on Espiritu Santo. 30) HA MS Stacks of fuel drums on island; Pan of construction area in background. 31) MS Enlisted men and chief raising American flag on flag pole. 32) MCU Man working at lathe in machine shop. 33) MCU Man operating saw. 34) MCU Man welding steel. 35) CU Same as above, different angle.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities