Gunner's mates aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) inspect the ship's 20mm anti-aircraft guns following the crash of an FM-2 Wildcat fighter (BuNo 57002) on December 18, 1944. Official U.S. Navy photographs like this one, taken for the ship's Air Department and originally marked confidential by the Bureau of Aeronautics, documented aircraft accidents and equipment status during Pacific carrier operations in World War II. Project: 218480