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1943
Photo Gallery. Last updated
30 April, 2008 |
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• Nov. 08 -- By the order of the Secretary of
the Navy, Frank Knox, Naval Station China Lake is established.
• Operations begun at C-range on air-to-ground firings. |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: unknown
All: February 1943 |
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Comment: ordnancemen loading spin
stabilized Barrage
Rockets for test firing from a jeep mounted launcher.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy via China Lake Museum |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: TBF-1 Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Goldstone
All: 14 July 1943 |
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Comment: 1st forward firing Aircraft
rocket.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000675 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: J4F Widgeon
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: parked on the ramp.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212344 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: PV-1 Ventura
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: HVAR launch rails.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212350 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: PV-1 Ventura
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: cockpit rocket controls.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212351 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR rail launchers.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212340 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR's on rail launchers.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL-212341 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR's on rail launchers.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212342 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR's on rail launchers.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212343 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR being loaded on a rail launcher.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212344 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR being loaded on a rail launcher.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212345 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VJ-7
All: TBF Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 15 August 1943 |
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Comment: 3.5"
HVAR being loaded on a rail launcher.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 212346 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 01 November 1943 |
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Comment: pilots at Harvey Field,
Inyokern, CA.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 002902 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: USAAF
All: B-17 Flying
fortress
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: unknown
All: 17 November 1943 |
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Comment: Flying Fortress Pelican
controls.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 000856 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: USAAF
All: B-17 Flying
fortress
All: s/n unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: unknown
All: 17 November 1943 |
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Comment: Flying Fortress interior Pelican
controls.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 000857 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: SBN-1
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 17 November 1943 |
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Comment: close-up view of the tail
antenna.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 000852 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: SBN-1
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 17 November 1943 |
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Comment: close-up view of the
cockpit.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 000853 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: SBN-1
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 17 November 1943 |
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Comment: close-up view of the bomb
bay.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 000852 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: F4U-4 Corsair
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: air to air
All: 01 December 1943 |
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Comment: firing 5" HVAR
salvo.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 235241 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: 0xx321 |
| Location
& Date |
All: air
to air
All: 01 December 1943 |
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Comment: TBF Avenger firing 3.5"
HVAR's.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 235239 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: VC-7
All: TBM Avenger
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: North
Island
All: December 1943 |
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Comment: TBM Avenger "JoDo", LTjg F
"Robbie" Robinson and plane captain at NAS North Island. Robinson &
JoDo test fired air-ground-rockets at NOTS in Dec. 1943.
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| Photo
credit: Naval Aviation News |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: USAAF
All: B-17 Flying fortress
All: unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: unknown
All: circa 1943 |
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Comment: Pelican ASM-N-1 Glider
target mounted under a B-17 Flying Fortress.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy via Scott Pederson |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: O Club bar, Harvey Field,
Inyokern, CA
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 002026 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: O Club bar, Harvey Field,
Inyokern, CA
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 002027 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: PB4Y-1 Privateer
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: Privateer with fuselage
mounted HVAR launch rails.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 278381 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: F4U-1D Corsair
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket,
Area L, Harvey Field, Inyokern, CA
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000679 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: F4U-1D Corsair
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket
launcher,
Area L, Harvey Field, Inyokern, CA
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000682 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: F4U-1D Corsair
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket
launcher,
Area L, Harvey Field, Inyokern, CA.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000683 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: F4U-1D Corsair
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket
launcher,
Area L, Harvey Field, Inyokern, CA.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000684 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: F6F Hellcat
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: parked on the ramp with
open engine access panels.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: LHL 278380 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: USAAF
All: B-17E Flying
fortress
All: s/n 41-9163 |
| Location
& Date |
All: air to air
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: Flying Fortress in flight
with Peilican M-16 Glider targets.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 001054 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C Helldiver
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
air-to-air
All: 01 January 1944 |
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Comment: in-flight firing of an
11.'75" Tiny Tim rocket.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 043772 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: ordnance
All: n/a
All: s/n 64 |
| Location
& Date |
All: unknown
All: circa 1943 |
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Comment: Pelican M-16 Glider
bomb.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy via Scott Pederson |
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