Wildcat Wednesday at the Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)
#otd & #wildcatwednesday the Battle off Samar, USS Kitkun Bay CVE-71 prepares to launch FM-2 #Wildcat fighters. In the center distance,...
Sinking of the Zuikaku (1944)
#otd the Battle off Cape Engano, crew members salute as the Japanese Naval Ensign is lowered on the sinking carrier Zuikaku, 25 October...
Attack on Zuikaku (1944)
#otd the Battle off Cape Engano, Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku under attack and smoking, though still under way. Photographed from a...
Battle of Leyte Gulf
#otd we look back to wounded pilot, Ensign A.A. Brauer, USNR, from his F6F aboard USS Lexington CV-16 after a strike on the Japanese...
USS Charrette DD-581 (1944)
#otd USS Charrette DD-581 screening USS New Jersey BB-62 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944. #usscharrette #dd581...
Poseidon C-3 Launch
#otd A UGM-73A Poseidon C-3 Missile was fired by USS James Madison SSBN-627 during tests in the Atlantic, 23 October 1970. #ugm73a...
USS Truett FF-1095 (1976)
#otd USS Truett FF-1095 23 October 1976. #usstruett #ff1095 #knoxclass #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari
X-3 49-2892 First Flight
#otd Was the “official” first flight of the Douglas X-3 49-2892. The Stiletto was built for the Air Force and NACA to research flight in...
Leyte Landings from USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (1944)
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte. Here are the 5-inch/38 battery’s of USS Pennsylvania BB-38 bombarding Japanese positions on...
Landings at Leyte
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte, here fires can be seen started by pre-invasion bombardment of Leyte, 20 October 1944....
