Photo #: NH 69419
TBM "Avenger" torpedo plane
Is catapulted from USS Makin Island (CVE-93), circa 1945.
Collection of Vice Admiral Calvin T. Durgin. Donated by his daughter,
Mrs. Phyllis Durgin Sherrill, 1969.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 94870
FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter
Receives the "launch" signal on USS Makin Island
(CVE-93), 1945.
Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94880
USS Makin Island (CVE-93)
A FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter makes the ship's last catapult
launching, off Honolulu, Hawaii, in October 1945.
Note the catapult bridle dropping away below the plane's wheels.
Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94879
USS Makin Island (CVE-93)
A TBM-1 "Avenger" torpedo bomber makes Composite Squadron
84's (VC-84) last landing on board, circa mid-1945.
Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94875
General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter
Gets a "wave-off"from the Landing Signal Officer, while
attempting to land on USS Makin Island (CVE-93), circa
1944-45.
Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94873
TBM-1 "Avenger" torpedo plane
Flies low over the flight deck of USS Makin Island (CVE-93),
circa 1944-1945.
Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94872
USS Makin Island (CVE-93)
Crewmen pull a FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter back from the
forward edge of the flight deck, after it flipped over in a "freak
accident", circa 1944-1945.
Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69420
TBM "Avenger" torpedo planes,
of Composite Squadron 84 (VC-84)
Fly over Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, on 16 April 1945.
View looks east.
The planes were based on board USS Makin Island (CVE-93).
Collection of Vice Admiral Calvin T. Durgin. Donated by his daughter,
Mrs. Phyllis Durgin Sherrill, 1969.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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