Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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View of USS Saratoga's superstructure from a descended elevator, Nov 1943	WAVES Aerographer's Mate working with weather charts, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States, Nov 1943	WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates Bernice Sanbury and Mary Arnold removing an access panel behind the engine of a SNJ training plane, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, Nov 1943	WAVES Control Tower Operator at work at Naval Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, United States, Nov 1943; note FM Wildcat and TBM Devastator aircraft in background

WAVES Parachute Riggers carefully folding silk fabric, while packing a parachute at a Naval Air Station, United States, Nov 1943	USS Columbia and other warships off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1-2 Nov 1943; note crashed Japanese aircraft ahead of USS Columbia	USS Columbia bombarding Japanese positions on Bougainville, Solomon islands, 1 Nov 1943	A bomb exploding off port quarter of a Japanese cargo ship in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943; note Haguro in center distance and USAAF 3rd Bomb Group B-25 bomber in lower left; photo 1 of 2

Haguro under air attack by USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943	Montpelier firing her guns during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, night of 1-2 Nov 1943	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group aircraft attacking Haguro and other ships in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group aircraft attacking Haguro and other ships in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2

WAVES Specialist (Teacher) Katherine Dillon monitoring a radio range chart, while serving as a Link trainer instructor at Naval Air Station, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 3 Nov 1943	Submarine Parche underway, 4 Nov 1943	WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mate Mary Arnold jumping down from the fuselage of a SNJ training aircraft, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 4 Nov 1943	Busy flight deck of the USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943. In the foreground is an SBD Dauntless while F6F-3 Hellcats land astern after a strike against Rabaul in support of Bougainville operations.

Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-167 with a through-and-through hole in the bow section made by a Japanese torpedo that did not explode, Solomon Islands, 5 Nov 1943. Note 37mm cannon and “Zebra” pattern paint scheme.	German Type IX submarine U-848 under attack by four US Navy PB4Y Liberators of VB-107 and two US Army B-25 Mitchells in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 5 Nov 1943. U-848 was sunk in this attack with all 63 men lost.	Gunner Kenneth Bratton, wounded in the knee by shrapnel, being pulled out of the turret of a TBF Avenger aircraft aboard USS Saratoga after a successful raid on Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Nov 1943	SBD Dauntless crewman Alva Parker, having suffered neck and shoulder shrapnel wounds over Rabaul, New Britain, being helped from the aircraft after landing on USS Saratoga, 5 Nov 1943