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Ordnancemen Load VS-6 Bomber Ordnancemen aboard Enterprise CV-6 load a 500 lb. bomb on a Dauntless SBD, 7 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: nhc-img-80g10458 Source: Navy Historical Center | |
Scouting Five Bomber Takes Off A Scouting Five SBD piloted by LT Turner Caldwell takes off from Enterprise CV-6, 7 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200013 Source: US Navy Archives | |
A Cake for Machinist Donald E. Runyon VF-6 Machinist Donald Runyon gets a cake for shooting down four Japanese bombers, 7 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200014 Source: US Navy Archives | |
Kaskaskia Refueling Enterprise CV-6 Oiler Kaskaskia AO-27's deck is awash as she refuels Enterprise CV-6 in heavy seas, 10 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: barn-img-n214 Source: James C. Barnhill | |
Three Classes of US Carriers Wasp CV-7 (foreground), Saratoga CV-3 and Enterprise CV-6 in the South Pacific, August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: barr-img-270 Source: William T. Barr | |
'A Terrible Day': 24 August 1942 Enterprise CV-6 on fire and maneuvering violently, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: awo-img-z--1000069 Source: Arnold W. Olson | |
Crashing Enemy Plane An enemy dive-bomber screams over the bridge of USS Enterprise CV-6, 24 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: nmna-img-z--2000004 Source: National Museum of Naval Aviation | |
A Near Miss A geyser of water towers over Enterprise, resulting from a very near miss, 24 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: barr-img-440 Source: Martha Livdahl Grigg | |
Burning Japanese Planes Wreckage of two Japanese bombers burning just a few feet from the Enterprise CV-6. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: usna-img-z--1200017 Source: US Navy Archives | |
Direct Hit Blast of the third bomb to hit Enterprise CV-6 in two minutes, 24 August 1942. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: nara-img-80g17489 Source: National Archives and Records Administration |
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