Japanese AIR ATTACK ON USS HORNET (CV-12) Part 1

Description

1) GV Night scene: Tracer fire directed against sky, ball of fire as plane burns & falls into water.2) MS Plane is hit in daylight shot, falls burning into water, BB BG.3) HS F6F"s land-SV.4) MS CV burning.5) MS Japanese planes dive toward CVs underway, hits water.6) HS TBFs land-SV.7) LS Tracer fire directed toward Japanese plane, plane hits water.8) HS-Pan Japanese plane, plane hits water.9) HS-CU-Pan Aft forward of Dd underway.10) LS CV underway firing, flak burst overhead.11) MS 2 motored Japanese plane falls burning into sea.12) MS CV underway, explosion, billowing smoke seen.13) LS Japanese plane flies overhead, tracer fire directed toward it, plane goes into dive, is hit & burns.14) HS F4Us & F6Fs take off-SV.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities