The Snapshots in Time Collection
Sailors of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Celebrate the 1,000th Deck Landing by Composite Squadron 5, 1 September 1944
Crewmen of the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) gather on deck to celebrate a milestone: the 1,000th aircraft landing aboard by a pilot of Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), achieved on 1 September 1944. Photographed from directly overhead, the image captures the camaraderie of shipboard life during the ship's WWII Pacific deployment. Project: 218428