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<-- 1943 |
1944
Photo Gallery. Last updated
22 July, 2007 |
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• Opening of temporary G-1 and G-2 ranges.
• Construction begun on permanent Station facilities.
• Opening of B-1 and B-2 ranges for air-to-ground firings.
• Operations begun at China Lake Pilot Plant.
• CASU-53 Howard NH-1 Nightingale BuNo 044929 piloted by H.J.
Kamps and crew D. DeVries had a landing accident at NOTS
Inyokern.
• U.S. Navy Lt. Donald A. Innis lost his life in late May, or early June, when
his F6F Hellcat crashed.
• June 25 -- U.S. Navy Lt. Douglas J. Walthall
and Aviation
Radioman 2nd class Wilson M. Keller lost their
lives when their Torpedo Bomber crashed.
• Aug. 21 -- U.S. Navy Lt. John "Jack" Armitage
lost his life when his SB2C-1C Helldiver crashed at NOTS
Inyokern.
• Aug. 29 -- U.S. Navy Lt. Robert A. Dibb who lost his
life when his F6F Hellcat crashed. |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: F4F Wildcat
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: San
Diego
All: 04 January 1944 |
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Comment: underwing HVAR launchers.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 002878 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 February 1944 |
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Comment:
Ready Room and Office, Harvey Field, Inyokern.
Looks like an assortment of TBM Avengers (BuNo's 53884 & 53889), SB2C
Helldivers and a PBJ Mitchell behind the Ready Room.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 000116 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 February 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field and control tower.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK-000118 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 February 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field control tower looking
northwest.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 000119 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 February 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field apron as seen
from the control tower.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 000124 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 February 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field Quonset huts.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 000126 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 03 March 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field Quonset Huts.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 002013 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 22 April 1944 |
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| Comment: LT Jack Armitage (center) is pictured at officers dance with Ltjg Furrer on right and an unidentified
woman on the left. LT Armitage lost his
life on 21 August when his SB2C crashed when the flight controls were
damaged during a Tiny Tim rocket test. Armitage Field is named in honor of Lt. Armitage.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy from the Rocketeer |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 1944 |
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Comment: Officers Mess.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 1944 |
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Comment: CO's Quonset Hut. L-r: John Richmond, Admiral
Friedell, Sandy, Congressman Sheperd, Bob Atkins & CO CAPT
Burroughs.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy from the Rocketeer |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 May 1944 |
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Comment: airfield apron construction.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 001069 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 May 1944 |
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Comment: airfield apron construction.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 001070 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 May 1944 |
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Comment: airfield fuel tank
construction.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 001073 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: unknown
All: 1944 |
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Comment: assembly of Tiny Tim #2.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy from the China Lake Museum |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 10 June 1944 |
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Comment: Tiny Tim rocket in the open
bomb bay, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000414 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 15 June 1944 |
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Comment: Kodiak hangar construction.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 001139 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 20 June 1944 |
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Comment: Drafting Department.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: IK 000388 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: unknown
All: PV-1 Harpoon
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
air-to-air
All: 20 June 1944 |
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Comment: in flight with three Pelican glide bombs.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NBS 000701 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 20 June 1944 |
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Comment: being placed into position
atop the static firing ramp, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000421 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 20 June 1944 |
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Comment: atop the static firing ramp
for a Tiny Tim rocket test, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000420 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: circa 1944 |
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Comment: 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket
drops from the bomb bay on the launch mechanism, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: circa 1944 |
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Comment: static firing of a Tiny Tim
rocket, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 20 June 1944 |
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Comment: Tiny Tim rocket static
firing, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000425 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBF Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 20 June 1944 |
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Comment: static firing of a Tiny Tim
rocket, Area L
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36-001999 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: FM-2 Wildcat
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 21 June 1944 |
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Comment: underwing HVAR's, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000633 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: FM-2 Wildcat
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 21 June 1944 |
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Comment: close-up of underwing
HVAR's, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000635 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 22 June 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field commissioning.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000459 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 28 June 1944 |
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Comment: Harvey Field dedication.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy from the Rocketeer |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: PBJ-1H Mitchell
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 06 July 1944 |
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Comment: underwing
HVAR's, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000666 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: PBJ-1H Mitchell
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 06 July 1944 |
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Comment: close-up of underwing
HVAR's, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000668 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 18 July 1944 |
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Comment: WAVES contingent arrived 18
July 1944 and was transferred to San Diego 30 August 1946.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy from the Rocketeer |
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ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: USAAF
All: A-20 Havoc
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 26 July 1944 |
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Comment: atop a stand for a static
rocket firing test, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000574 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C Helldiver
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 15 August 1944 |
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Comment: 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket
upload, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000806 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C Helldiver
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 15 August 1944 |
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Comment: close-up of 11.75" Tiny Tim
rocket under the port wing, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000807 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C Helldiver
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 15 August 1944 |
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Comment: static firing of an 11.75"
Tiny Tim rocket, Harvey Field, Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000814 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: NOTS
All: TBM-1C Avenger
All: BuNo unknown |
| Location
& Date |
All:
Harvey Ramp
All: 20 August 1944 |
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Comment: close-up of underwing
HVAR's.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP36 002040 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C-1C Helldiver
All: 018248 |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 21 August 1944 |
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Comment: LT Armitage crash scene,
Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000865 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C-1C Helldiver
All: 018248 |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 21 August 1944 |
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Comment: LT Armitage crash scene,
Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000868 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All:
NOTS
All: SB2C-1C Helldiver
All: 018248 |
| Location
& Date |
All: Area L
All: 21 August 1944 |
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Comment: LT Armitage crash scene,
Area L.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000874 |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Powder Plant
All: 25 August 1944 |
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Comment: Powder Plant construction.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy from the Rocketeer |
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Photo
ID: |
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| Aircraft: unit, model, BuNo |
All: n/a
All: n.a
All: n/a |
| Location
& Date |
All: Harvey Field
All: 30 August 1944 |
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Comment: in-flight view of Harvey Field.
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| Photo
credit: Official U. S. Navy |
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Photo
ID: NP45 000456 |
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