The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Photograph Caption Sheet: 'Tail of FM-2 Bu# 57002 in 20mm Sponson', USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 December 1944
This caption sheet, dated December 18, 1944, documents a Navy photograph of the tail section of an FM-2 Wildcat fighter, Bureau Number 57002, which came to rest in a 20mm anti-aircraft gun sponson aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), evidence of the ever-present hazards of flight operations aboard a small escort carrier. Project: 218467