The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Naval aviation in the Pacific is the subject of these wartime photographs, centered on the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay and the Avenger torpedo bombers of her air group. Patrol bombers on coral airstrips, a gunner at his turret, and Mount Fuji seen from the air trace the reach of American carrier power toward Japan.
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan (WWII Era)
Aerial View of Mount Fuji Above Cloud Layer, Japan (USS Petrof Bay Aircraft Collection)
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Underway, Aerial Oblique View
TBM/TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber "87" with Folded Wings on Flight Deck of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
TBM/TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber '92' in Flight Through Clouds, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Air Group
Navy Aircrewman Walking from a Twin-Engine Patrol Bomber (Side Code 'H5'), Pacific Theater
Aircraft Gunner at Turret Position, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Air Group, WWII
TBM/TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber '88' in Flight — USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Air Group, WWII
Twin-Engine Patrol Bombers in Formation Flight Over the Pacific, WWII
Twin-Engine Military Utility Aircraft in Flight Above Clouds, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection
U.S. Navy Twin-Engine Patrol Bomber (PV-Type) on Pacific Island Airstrip, WWII
