Responder al tema

Mensaje

<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1736963" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10960133_656912104438585_6646715141215478482_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Gilberts Operation, November 1943 A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter makes condensation rings as it awaits the take-off flag aboard the Essex-class Aircraft Carrier - USS Yorktown (CV-10), 20 November 1943. The plane is from Fighting Squadron Five (VF-5).Yorktown was then hitting targets in the Marshall Islands to cover the landings in the Gilberts.(Source - Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives # 80-G-204747-A).On 10 November 1943, 'Yorktown' departed Pearl Harbor in company with Task Force 50—the Fast Carrier Task Force, Pacific Fleet—to participate in her first major assault operation, the occupation of the Gilbert Islands. On 19 November, she arrived at the launch point near Jaluit and Mili Atoll and, early that morning, launched the first of a series of raids to suppress enemy airpower during the amphibious assaults on Tarawa, Abemama, and Makin. The next day, she sent raids back to the airfield at Jaluit; some of her planes also supported the troops wresting Makin from the Japanese. On 22 November, her air group concentrated upon installations and planes at Mili once again. Before returning to Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier made passing raids on the installations at Wotje and Kwajalein Atolls on 4 December. The warship reentered Pearl Harbor on 9 December and began a month of air training operations in the Hawaiian Islands.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1736963, member: 3144"] [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10960133_656912104438585_6646715141215478482_o.jpg[/IMG] Gilberts Operation, November 1943 A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter makes condensation rings as it awaits the take-off flag aboard the Essex-class Aircraft Carrier - USS Yorktown (CV-10), 20 November 1943. The plane is from Fighting Squadron Five (VF-5). Yorktown was then hitting targets in the Marshall Islands to cover the landings in the Gilberts. (Source - Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives # 80-G-204747-A). On 10 November 1943, 'Yorktown' departed Pearl Harbor in company with Task Force 50—the Fast Carrier Task Force, Pacific Fleet—to participate in her first major assault operation, the occupation of the Gilbert Islands. On 19 November, she arrived at the launch point near Jaluit and Mili Atoll and, early that morning, launched the first of a series of raids to suppress enemy airpower during the amphibious assaults on Tarawa, Abemama, and Makin. The next day, she sent raids back to the airfield at Jaluit; some of her planes also supported the troops wresting Makin from the Japanese. On 22 November, her air group concentrated upon installations and planes at Mili once again. Before returning to Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier made passing raids on the installations at Wotje and Kwajalein Atolls on 4 December. The warship reentered Pearl Harbor on 9 December and began a month of air training operations in the Hawaiian Islands. [/QUOTE]

Verificación

Libertador de Argentina