The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Noumea, New Caledonia, 1943-01-20. The United States Navy (USN) Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Chenango (CV-28) at anchor off Noumea. Aircraft on the flight desk include seven Douglas SBD Dauntless, wings not folded; four Gruman F4F Wildcats in a line on the starboard side beside the rear aircraft lift, and six Grumman TBF Avengers arranged around the rear aircraft lift. The USS Chenango was originally laid down as the fleet oiler Esso New Orleans and with three other ex oilers was converted to a Sangamon Class Escort Aircraft Carrier. (Donor P. Couvret) (US National Archives 80-G-63677)
AERIAL VIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) (EX USS TALLAHASSEE). RANGED AT THE AFTER END OF THE FLIGHT DECK ARE GRUMMAN F6F HELLCAT FIGHTERS (WITH WINGS FOLDED) AND DOUGLAS SBD DAUNTLE
1943. DETAIL VIEW OF THE FORWARD STARBOARD SIDE ARMAMENT AND FLIGHT DECK OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS RANGER (CV-4). NOTE THE 5 INCH/25 AA GUNS IN FOREGROUND WITH A QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS AA MOUNTING B
OFF SAMAR, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10-25. JUST AFTER 0700 THE SEA AROUND THE ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS WHITE PLAINS ERUPTS AS SHE IS STRADDLED AND NEAR MISSED BY 14 INCH GUNFIRE FROM JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS
Brisbane, QLD, circa 1945. A mixture of British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) aircraft, including Supermarine Seafires, F6F Hellcats, Fairey Barracudas, F4U Corsairs, Fairey Fireflies and Grumman Avengers with
OFF SURIGAO STRAIT, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10-26. HIT AND AFLAME FROM DEFENSIVE GUNFIRE A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT NARROWLY MISSES THE ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SANGAMON. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Silhouette drawings of the Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft used for aircraft recognition purposes. Production aircraft appeared in January 1942 and, as a carrier borne torpedo bomber, th
