The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Flight deck crewmen in numbered jerseys muscle fighters into position aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), while confidential Bureau of Aeronautics caption cards document crashes, a jettisoned aircraft, and the burning USS Suwannee after a kamikaze strike in October 1944. Together the photographs and their reverse sides show both the daily hazards of carrier flight operations and the wartime controls placed on Navy imagery.
Grumman TBM/TBF Avenger in Flight at Sunset, Pacific Theater
Official Navy Photo Caption Card: USS Suwannee Kamikaze Strike, 26 October 1944
Stern View from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) with Sailors Observing Wake, WWII Pacific Theater
Official Navy Photograph Caption Sheet, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), December 1944
Aerial View of Escort Vessel Executing Turn, Photographed from Carrier Aircraft, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Task Group, WWII Pacific
Official U.S. Navy Photograph Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944
Distant Ship Afire at Sea, Observed from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Pacific Theater
Reverse Side Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 274-6, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 26 October 1944
Underside View of Military Utility Vehicle, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection, WWII
Official U.S. Navy Photograph Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), August 21, 1945
Carrier Fighter Landing Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Pacific Theater
Verso Caption Sheet, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 365 - USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Aircraft Crash, 27 February 1945
Flight Deck Crash Response Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Official U.S. Navy Photograph Caption Sheet, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) - "Crash of B-11," February 27, 1945
Crash-Damaged Carrier Fighter Aircraft Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Date-Stamped Blank Album Page, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Photo Collection, January 13, 1945
Official U.S. Navy Photograph Caption Card -- Aircraft Crash Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Flight Deck Crew Spotting a Carrier Fighter Aircraft Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Verso Stamp: Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Photograph, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Cargo Truck Loaded Aboard Landing Craft Alongside USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
U.S. Navy Official Photograph Caption/Log Sheet, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), August 21, 1945
Crew Jettisoning Aircraft Tail Assembly Overboard, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Official U.S. Navy Photograph Caption Card - USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 'Pushing Tail of Bu. #57002 Over the Side,' December 18, 1944
Fighter Aircraft Preparing for Launch Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Pacific Theater
Verso/Backing Sheet of Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), December 18, 1944
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80): Sailors Observe Aircraft Nosed Over on Flight Deck, WWII
Verso of Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Photograph, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), December 18, 1944
Flight Deck Crew Clearing Aircraft Wreckage Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Aircraft Tail Section on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Official U.S. Navy Photograph Backing Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), Subject: Crash of B-11, February 27, 1945
Crashed Grumman FM-2 Wildcat Against Ship's Island, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Verso Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Aircraft Crash Photograph, February 27, 1945
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Island Superstructure and Flight Deck with Parked Corsairs, WWII Pacific Theater
Damaged TBM/TBF Avenger on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Verso Caption Sheet, Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), TBM-1C Avenger Bu. No. 46199, July 11, 1944
Crash-Damaged Carrier Aircraft on the Flight Deck of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Photo Backing Sheet with Date Stamp 'JAN 13 1945' (USS Petrof Bay CVE-80 Collection)
Damaged U.S. Navy Fighter Aircraft Being Hosed Down on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Pacific Theater
Photo Verso with 'JAN 13 1945' Date Stamp - USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection
View Along Flight Deck of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) from the Island, WWII
Verso of Photographic Print with January 1945 Date Stamp, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection
Flight Deck Crash Response Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Verso of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Photograph — Date Stamp Only, January 13, 1945
Aircraft Crash Damage Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Official U.S. Navy Photo Caption Sheet, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 'Crash of B-11,' February 27, 1945
Flight Deck Crew and Carrier Aircraft Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
U.S. Navy Official Photograph Caption Card No. 365, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 'Crash of B-11,' Feb. 27 1945 — Confidential