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Posts Tagged ‘Marc Mitscher’
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First landing on USS Saratoga (CV-3) 1928
Posted: Jan 11, 2011The first launch and recovery of a naval aircraft on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was made by her Air Officer, Commander Marc A. Mitscher flying a Vought UO-1 aircraft on […]
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USS Yorktown at the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Part 3
Posted: Jun 20, 2010At 0524 on 20 June 1944, Yorktown launched search aircraft to find the Japanese fleet. The Japanese fleet wasn’t found that morning but search planes encountered and shot down several […]
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USS Yorktown at the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Part 1
Posted: Jun 18, 2010On 18 June 1944, two large aircraft carrier battle groups approached each other southwest of Saipan in the Marianas. The First Mobile Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy carried 440 […]