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All hands on deck

#otd Plane handling crews moving a F4F aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Island’s, 26 October 1942 #ussenterprise #cv6 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

End of Zuiho

#otd Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho still underway after several hits by planes from Task Force 38 during the battle off Cape Engano, 25 October 1944. Photographed from an aircraft from USS Enterprise CV-6. Note the flight deck camouflage, men on deck, buckled flight deck amidships and mast deployed horizontally, with a Japanese Naval ensign at its tip. #ijnzuiho #ussenterprise #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

USS St. Lo CVE-63

#otd USS St. Lo CVE-63 after she was hit be a Kamikaze at Battle of Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944 #ussstlo #cve63 #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

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