
Caption | The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 23 Jul 1942. Here, upon landing, a TBF Avenger slid off the flight deck into the catwalks; no injuries. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | RF Read | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 23 Jul 1942 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 10 Sep 2015 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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13 Jun 2022 12:49:53 PM
I guarantee my father was aboard the Enterprise when this photo was taken and knew the airman involved. He was a fighter director officer in radar plot. He knew all of them. He was Commander Joe Ross Riggs