This page features views of U.S. Navy carrier aircraft at Oahu air bases in late May 1942, before they flew out to join the "flat-tops" Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet as the ships were en route to take part in the Battle of Midway.
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Photo #: 80-G-61533 Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" Fighters, of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) Receiving maintenance in a revetment at Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, 29 May 1942, shortly before VF-3 joined USS Yorktown (CV-5) to participate in the Battle of Midway. The plane on the left is Bureau # 5167. That on the right is Bureau # 5149. Note camouflage netting covering the open top of this revetment. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-66154 Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" Fighter (Bureau # 5171), of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) At Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, on 29 May 1942, with ground crewmen folding the starboard wing. On 4 June 1942, in the Battle of Midway, this plane was flown by Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, VF-3's Commanding Officer, during the afternoon combat air patrol defending USS Yorktown (CV-5), wherein Thach probably shot down Lieutenant Joichi Tomonaga, leader of the attacking Japanese torpedo planes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For other views of U.S. ships and carrier aircraft preparing
for the Battle of Midway, see:
For links to other images of preparations for the Battle
of Midway, see:
For links to views of other aspects of the Battle of Midway,
see:
NOTES:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 25 April 1999
Coding updated 23 April 2009