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Verso/Caption Sheet, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Landing Gear Collapse Incident Photo, 18 February 1945

Verso/Caption Sheet, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Landing Gear Collapse Incident Photo, 18 February 1945

The reverse of an official U.S. Navy photograph documents a landing gear collapse aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) on February 18, 1945, involving Lt. (jg) Cutright. Marked 'Confidential' by the Bureau of Aeronautics, such caption sheets accompanied incident photography used to study and improve carrier flight-deck safety during WWII. Project: 218455