FLIGHT DECK ACTIVITY, ARMING PLANES, ABOARD USS LEXINGTON — Part 2 | The Archive Project

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1) MS-Pan Men load 20MM belts & magazines (over-panned).2) MS Man transferred to DD in breeches buoy.3) MS USS LEXINGTON refuels from tanker alongside in heavy sea-SV (shaky).4) MS F6Fs taxi, take off, signal officer FG.5) MS Men wheel stabilized serial torpedo across flight deck.6) MCU Arming TBF with torpedo.7) GV-Pan Planes on flight deck, SB2Cs & TBFs pass overhead in formation-SV.8) MS F6F placed on side elevator, raised to flight deck.QUALITY: FAIR, UX, BADLY SCRATCHED.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date

1944-10-23

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TRT

3:07

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