VIETNAM CARRIER AIR STRIKES South China Sea Part 2

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1) MLS A-1H aircraft of VA-215, loaded and ready with wings folded, on the flight deck. G2) MLS Ordnance crew from VF-211, carrying rocket to one of the F-8Ds. G3) MS Ordnancemen attaching the Sidewinder to the rack on the side of the F-8D. VG4) CU Sidewinder attached; ordnancemen alongside. G5) MLS Flight deck, planes parked on deck, leaded; A-1H unfolding its wings in right medium fg, bombs attached to the bomb racks under the wings. VG6) MS Ordnancemen loading 250 1b. bombs under the starboard outboard station of an A-1H of VA-215. G7) HA MLS Looking out over the flight deck, Squadron aircraft parked on deck (SV). G8) HA MS H.E. LLOYD, GMG-1, looking through glasses down onto the flight deck of USS HANCOCK. G9) HA MLS Aircraft parked on the flight deck; wake in bg. G10) MS CAPT FRANK B. STONE, CO of CVA-19; CAPT H.S. MATTHEWS, Jr., EXEC of CVA-19, chatting on the bridge during operations in the South China Sea; the two officers are looking over a map. G11) CU CAPT STONE seated in a chair, being handed some official paper work; PAN left to CAPT MATTHEWS standing alongside. G12) MS Ordnance space, ordnancemen breaking out bombs on the mess decks for loading onto the aircraft; CWO MARLOW PROCTOR, ordnance handling officer, in the bg, directing the operations. VG13) MS Some of the ship"s personnel standing on deck (taken from helicopter about to take off). G-F14) AtoG MS USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) underway at sea, aircraft on the after part of the deck. VG15) AtoG MLS USS HANCOCK underway, aircraft on deck; destroyer escort far ahead of the carrier. G16) AtoG MCU USS HANCOCK underway at sea; PAN right. G17) AtoG CU PAN To port side of USS HANCOCK, aircraft parked on the deck edge aft. G18) AtoG MS USS HANCOCK underway at sea; many aircraft on the after part of the deck, ready for launch. VG19) AtoG MS USS HANCOCK underway at sea; smoke obscuring much of the ship. G20) AtoG MLS PAN F-8D taking off the catapult and flying off to right over the water. G21) AtoG MS USS HANCOCK underway at sea during the launching of aircraft; forward part of the ship is seen, bow cutting the water; aircraft on the *1 and *2 catapults; A-4C is launched from the starboard catapult; PAN right with the aircraft flying low over the water and getting altitude. G22) MLS PAN A-4C launched from the starboard catapult and airborne out over the water. G23) MS INTERIOR: Briefing room, CDR WARREN H. SELLS, Commander Air Wing 21, briefing the pilots in the ready room aboard USS HANCOCK, prior to the Air Strike on North Vietnam.24) MCU CDR C. BIRDWELL, XO of VA-216 (strike leader on 7 Feb 1965) briefing pilots in ready room *1, before the strike. G25) MS PAN Pilots seated in the ready room during briefing.26) LA MCU PAN A-4C and F-8D coming in for arrested landing. G-F (short)27) MCU Strike pilots scrambling onto flight deck of USS HANCOCK to man aircraft while operating in the South China Sea; pilots run by out of scene to left. G28) HA MS LCDR B.R. MILLER of VA-212, pre-flight checking his A-4C prior to flight from USS HANCOCK, checks the cockpit area. G29) LA CU LCDR "RUDY" MILLER being helped with his flight gear and helmet by the plane captain as he prepares to launch from the ship; pilot gives "thumbs up", plane captain hands him his hard hat, pilot done the hat. G30) HA MLS A-4C catapulted from *1 catapult. G31) HA MS F-8D catapulted from *2 catapult, followed by an A-4C catapulted from *1 catapult (SV). VG (short)32) HA MLS A-1H making a deck launch, flying out over the starboard bow. G33) HA MS PAN A-1H making a deck launch from the ship. G34) HA MS F-8D making an arrested landing; tail hook man removes the wire, plane taxies forward, plane still carrying Sidewinder missile on the starboard side. G35) HA MLS A-1H making arrested landing during recovery on board USS HANCOCK after their flights; A-1H folds its wings, no bombs are under the wings after the flight.36) GtoA MLS PAN A-1H on fly-by. G37) MS Looking

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities