The Snapshots in Time Collection
Verso Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Official Photograph No. 365, 27 February 1945
The reverse of this official U.S. Navy photograph identifies it as image No. 365, taken aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) on February 27, 1945, documenting the "Crash of B-11" for the Air Department. Bureau of Aeronautics stamps marked the photo Confidential and restricted from publication, standard practice for wartime accident-investigation photography. Project: 218490