

Under fire!
#otd USS Kitkun Bay CVE-71 prepares to launch FM-2 Wildcats in the center distance, Japanese shells are splashing near USS White Plains CVE-66 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari


Sinking of the Zuikaku
#otd Crewmembers salute as the Japanese Naval Ensign is lowered on the sinking carrier Zuikaku, during the afternoon of 25 October 1944 #ijnzuikaku #wwii #navalsafari #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari


Seaplane Comstruction
#otd H-16 and F-5L seaplanes under construction in final assembly plant number 2, looking north, 21 October 1918. Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #seaplane #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation


Battle Carrier
#otd USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVB-42 anchored at, Piraeus, Greece, 18 October 1948 #cv42 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation


P-40’s being shipped
#otd Army Curtiss P-40F fighters in the hanger deck of USS Chenango ACV-28, to be ferried to North Africa with the invasion force. Norfolk, Virginia, 15 October 1942 #usschenango #p40 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari


USS Franklin CV-13
#otd USS Franklin CV-13 is floated out of her building dock at Newport News, Virginia, on 14 October 1943 #ussfranklin #cv13 #boneyardsafari


End of the AMAGI
#otd Japanese Aircraft Carrier AMAGI sunk at Kure, Japan, 8 October 1945. #amagi #wwii #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation


Battleship ISE
#otd Japanese Battleship ISE sunk at Kure, 8 October 1945 #battleship #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari


USS Princeton LPH-5 (1959)
#otd USS Princeton LPH-5 underway, 6 May 1959. #lph5 #ussprinceton #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari...


Horrible Loss
#otd the bow of the Hindenburg burning at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey, 6 May 1937 #hindenburg #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation...

















