Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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c 'iw' fx A A f KCI BLOXVS UP AS IT LANDS ON THE WATER The three photographs on these two pages depict the attacks on the Lex as seen from the U.S.S. Coufpens. The top left-hand picture was made at the same time as the one on page 98. The print on the next two pages shows the flaming arc of the third plane arching down in flames just after firing a torpedo at the Lex. This one was made from one of the destroyer escorts. 12:30. From the port side of the bridge we are watching the Yorlqzown land her planes .... What's that? . . . Strings of smoke-puffs just above the horizon, the distant rumble and boom of exploding shells, indicate that low flying enemy planes must be moving in for another attack. The skipper points his binoculars in the direction of the flring and I point my camera, begin taking pictures. It's too far away to see clearly what is going on, I flnd myself wishing they would head this way, want to get a close-up of a Iap plane coming in head-on . . . then develop a sickish feeling in the pit of the stomach as I realize with sudden clarity what it is I am wishing for. A big pufl of smoke appears beyond the Yorlqtown-undoubtedly a lap plane down. A gunnery captain points out another one closing in, a fast moving speck it seems to be flying directly over her deck, becomes a streak of flame, dives into the water, Hares up into a pillar of flre. 1 101

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