Source: Naval History and Heritage Command

Source: Naval History and Heritage Command

HISTORY

This F4F-3 Wildcat from VMF-221 was flown by Capt. John Carey on June 4, 1942. He was wounded in combat

and made an emergency landing. His partially disassembled BuNo 4006 is photographed in late June 1942.

Source: Naval History and Heritage Command

Source: Naval History and Heritage Command

The burning USS Yorktown during the Japanese attacks

on June 4, 1942.

Source Naval History and Heritage Command

Attacking torpedo bomber B5N Kate (top right) seen from

the deck of Yorktown.

This SBD-3 Dauntless (BuNo 4542) belonged to VB-6 of the USS Enterprise. However, its crew, pilot

George Goldsmith and radio operator James Patterson, landed aboard Yorktown due to damage and

lack of fuel. The aircraft was later lost with that ship.

January 2023

One of a pair of SBD-3 Dauntlesses from VB-3 that were unable

to land aboard Yorktown due to damage and thus ended up in the

water alongside the cruiser USS Astoria.

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