The Snapshots in Time Collection
Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green - View Toward Mast, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Part of a photographic series documenting the crash of aircraft 'B-11', flown by Lieutenant (junior grade) W.O. Green, aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) on February 27, 1945. This view looks toward the ship's mast, where wreckage from the crash rests near the base of the superstructure, while nearby, an intact row of aircraft sits parked with wings folded - a space-saving arrangement typical of escort carrier flight deck operations. Project: 218490