Japanese PLANES RAID USS ESSEX: TBF, WITH DEAD GUNNER IN TURRET, JETTISONED Part 3
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1) MS SB2Cs & TBFs approach & land.2) HS Men wheel stabilized aerial torpedoes to parked planes BG.3) MCU Navy cameramen use speed graphic.4) MS 40MM turret & crew FG, CVs & CVLs BG, flak bursts in air.5) LS CV underway smoking.6) MS Smoke rises from near miss on CV.7) GV Many tracers in air.8) HS 5" turrets trained.9) MS F6F lands, rockets displaced from wings fall on deck.10) MS CV underway, planes pass BG.11) MS BB underway.12) MS TBF with smashed turret & dead turret gunner.13) MS Corpsmen cover gunner in turret with blanket.14) HS TBF with dead gunner aboard on fantail, men assembled FG; plane jettisoned.15) CU Flag at half mast during funeral service.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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