Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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Page 48 text:

UNIDENTIFIED SHOTS FROM THE FILES A stricken lap falls fright! and explodes fbelowb, as the gunners at their battle stations look on. Note the plane and the destroyerlin the background. In the second picture they have hardly moved. Air warfare moves fast! I ?,Zj2.'H2 ,577 , , -vr- 1 fi if 7 V Xl 4 . ' 'H 1 v ' ,Wx J., MV ' ' A , f,,,'f,, I 4' . Y 1 , wuz, gf f- ' f ,,, .

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x 'S' ff 4, 'f 1 , 00 as 40,11 Early in the morning of April 29, the lirst day ol the attack on Truk, two Iudys Uapanese skip-bombers! burst out ol a rain squall 6000 yards oli the port bow ot the Lexington, almost without warning, and make low, fast runs on the ship. The Lexington was the first to identify them and open lite. A GUNNEISFS ALB M One Cabovel was received with a hail of flak and plunged to his death oft the port quarter. The other made his run, dropped his bombs, which fell just astern ol the ship, and got away in the heavy clouds. Four stills, much enlarged, of a 16 mm. movie record of this run. appear below. 1 , I - V O 1 , U 3' o Q? -f'f?.ZQ'g,i.,'- 2 ' mfr, ., f .HA .Ms 5 ffjfv f. .EC . ,, A41 NV vi a , .K ,K tg ..- s.x..........m... ..g....s.N,.., Q..4..,.., ....,,.f.,,...-..g...,...Qs..t..4.w..g.a.:?..3



Page 49 text:

W MORE UNIDENTIFIED SHOTS. A Iill makes a torpedo run through a storm of 5-inch and automatic fire. The run is successful, but he fails to drop his torpedo, and passes harmlessly close aboard. This sequence, which was used in The Fighting Lady , may not have originated on the Lexington.

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