The Snapshots in Time Collection
Ordnance Loading Beneath a Carrier Aircraft Bomb Bay, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Ordnancemen aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) load bombs into the bay of a carrier-based aircraft during World War II. Photographs like this documented the demanding, hands-on work of arming aircraft for strike and anti-submarine missions in the Pacific. Project: 218453