Friday, December 08, 2006

Newsreel Shots by Pathe Photographer Mervyn Freeman



Scout bomber swoops in to land on carrier. Another has just rolled to a stop aft. Others on forward deck are being refueled & readied for further action when six Japanese bases by the Pacific Fleet's highly succesful raid on Jan. 31, 1942.

Freeman was with the unit delegated to blast the strong hold on Wotje atoll.

Life February 23, 1942

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