Posted on Jun 19, 2021
United States scores major victory against Japanese in Battle of the Philippine Sea
1.22K
42
6
17
17
0
Edited >1 y ago
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 5
PHOTOS: (1) Lt. (jg) Alex Vraciu downs a Tony with his VF-6 F6F-3 during the 'Mariannas Turkey Shoot'. (2) Ens. Wilbur 'Spider' Webb downs the first of 8 Val dive-bombers he claimed with his VF-2 F6F, 19 June 1944.
(3) Flight deck crewmen prepare the USS Lexington's Hellcats for launch on the morning of the Mariannas Turkey Shoot. (4) Lt. (jg) Alex Vraciu downs a Kate torpedo bomber with his VF-6 F6F-3. (5) A badly damaged Corsair with a wounded pilot ignores the LSO's waveoff and prepares to crashland on its carrier. (6) An F4U-1A blows a wing off a Zeke during the Mariannas Turkey Shoot.
(3) Flight deck crewmen prepare the USS Lexington's Hellcats for launch on the morning of the Mariannas Turkey Shoot. (4) Lt. (jg) Alex Vraciu downs a Kate torpedo bomber with his VF-6 F6F-3. (5) A badly damaged Corsair with a wounded pilot ignores the LSO's waveoff and prepares to crashland on its carrier. (6) An F4U-1A blows a wing off a Zeke during the Mariannas Turkey Shoot.
(9)
(0)
Read This Next