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[skyking1]

USS Kwajalein (CVE-98) transporting Vought F4U Corsairs and Grumman TBF Avengers 1944 the net
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I did not know that vessel name existed at least not so soon after the invasion. My dad was in the 4th Marines and it was his first landing.

 

[syscom3]

Six Hurricane Mk IIBs of 'B' Flight, No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, flying
in starboard echelon formation near Thaxted, Essex. 21 August 1941

 

[Warspite63]

I did not know that vessel name existed at least not so soon after the invasion. My dad was in the 4th Marines and it was his first landing.

From the Wikipedia:article on CVE-98:
'Her construction was awarded to Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract, on 18 June 1942. The escort carrier was laid down on 19 February 1944 under the name Bucareli Bay, as part of a tradition which named escort carriers after bays or sounds in Alaska.[12]​ She was later renamed Kwajalein, as part of a new naval policy which named subsequent Casablanca-class carriers after naval or land engagements.[13]​ The escort carrier was laid down as MC hull 1135, the forty-fourth of a series of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers. She was launched on 4 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Rudolf L. Johnson; transferred to the United States Navy and commissioned on 7 June 1944'

 

[syscom3]

I did not know that vessel name existed at least not so soon after the invasion. My dad was in the 4th Marines and it was his first landing.

It was originally named the USS Bucareli Bay, but renamed soon afterwards. She was the 44th of 50 Casablanca class CVE's. Commissioned June 1944 and decommed in August 1946.

 

[syscom3]

Airacobra Mark I, AH577, of No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in flight.
This aircraft was coded UF-M and was for a time the personal aircraft of the Squadron's Commanding
Officer." 21 August 1941.

 

[Viking1066]

Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Shark in company with a Westland Wapiti, seen flying over HMS Courageous the net

 

[Viking1066]

New Guinea Campaign. 1942. Bell P-400 Airacobra of the 80th Fighter Squadron, USAAF the net

 

[Viking1066]

P6969 'HE-V' of 263 in flight over the West Country the net

 

[Viking1066]

Photo captures the size difference between two heavyweights the Avro Lancaster and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator the net

 

[Viking1066]

Wildcat SU 2 CASU 2 White 2SU106 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang 5 Sqn Piva 1944 the net

 

[GTX]

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: the net.

 

[syscom3]

P-36 Hawks of the 18th Pursuit Squadron lined up at Elmendorf Field, Alaska, August 1941.

 

[syscom3]

The presentation of diplomas by Mr. Paul Riddle to Royal Air Force cadets of the first course,
Class 42-B, at Embry-Riddle Company. The cadets wear the white flash identifying aircrew in their
caps. Shirts and trousers are USAAC issue. Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida, August 1941.

 

[syscom3]

The Saturday Evening Post, August 23, 1941.

 

[Viking1066]

Bristol Type 120 , first flight on January 29, 1932 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Eight Fairey Albacore planes of 820 Naval Air Squadron in echelon DEST

 

[Viking1066]

USAAF personnel have gathered at the edge of a runway awaiting the take-off of the line of C-47 Dakota transports behind the net

 

[drgondog]

USAAF personnel have gathered at the edge of a runway awaiting the take-off of the line of C-47 Dakota transports behind the net
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guessing late afternoon June 5, 1944.