Photo #: 80-G-K-16053 (Color) USS Lexington (CV-16) Fighting Squadron Sixteen (VF-16) Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Paul D. Buie, (center) briefs his pilots for an upcoming mission, during the Gilberts operation, November-December 1943. A F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter is behind them. Photographed by Commander Edward Steichen, USNR. Note flight gear, markings on helmets and life vests. Pilot at left wears a .45 caliber pistol. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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22 February 2001