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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-5036

Northrup BT-1 bomber (Bureau # 0614)
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of Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5)

Goes into the starboard catwalk during a landing accident on USS Yorktown (CV-5), circa 1940.
Note man in asbestos suit and other members of the flight deck crew running to assist.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 595 pixels

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6 April 1999