Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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fo 54.9 NAVY WQPTZ 1 QDQ CLOSE-LTP SHOT I MAUII AS PIANII I,l'RC1l-ll1lD CDVILR VS crushed emereieuev uns tnula. eusullue gushes put mer the edge of the deck like Z1 small water-full. Butler sz1ysf'Let's get the hell r1t1tcwl'l1e1'e. lYe get l hezldfr11'tl1elJ1'ldgeg fm the way l 111CClCUlNLl1'. XV1'lfYl1ll he Qjmhs lux' hgmd. uslis. l hm' Que Wall. frltl-lllllCI'?N l tell liutler: url4l1ZllVV2lSl1 vrettx' Close w t . . l . Sl1ZlYC.,, He comes huela with: Klum, yfwu lust ezuft have ll eluset flue. 7 l ' 'l ' th X l .'.Q f f the wilut. The fuselage :md wings of the plzme went over the YN e .ue tepresset mem e uss l 1 side, hir the gun gallery. seriuusly xwuutliug three uf the gun erew, then plunged into the 'wglter and sfmli. The pilot never gut out uf the euelapit. .Xuximus eyes from all pzu'ts of the ship sezlreh the water and L1 destruyet vainly e1u'1'ies uh the segu'eh. 5,3543 Nm EW'

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-' ' 1 '- WZ 5I1,m..fLi:wgA.K 'fxulfj ,Emu ' ' QAQ HELLCAT CRASI-IES-LEFT NW ING SXWIPES THREE OF US IN SAFETY NET L fu- f-g:,g..uA QBQ TAIL LEFT BEHIND-PLANE ROLLS ON-CRASI-IES INTO GUN GALLERY . AQ. I qcjy THE N FALLS OVER TI-IE SIDE AND SINKS--TI-IE P ILOT IS LOST

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Q THE BOARDMAN IS DISCOURAGED Planes from the Lex and other carriers are up every day on the looliout for enemy planes or submarinesg we call our planes searchers,', enemy planes on similar missions are called snoopers.v ln addition to his routine duties this sailor is also 'iboardmanfl Planes returning from search Hights are met by the boardman as they taxi forward past the island. He holds up a blackboard on which is challied Hr-Xny Contactsw So far the pilots haye always signaled No, The boardman is discouraged, says, c'Avv nutsl ltas just another phoney warf' Plane handlers and mechanics talie a lively interest in their pilots, proudly dub the fighter 14