Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1942

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SBD LANDS-SPOTTER DIRECTS IT FORXVARD-ANOTHER PLANE MAKES APPROACH IQ November. Our planes hit Mille on schedule at sunrise, the surprise was complete: not an enem lane in the air, none able to take off. P We made four strikes today, strahng planes on the ground, plastering runways, hangars, fuel dumps and administration buildings. Main hangars were demolished, machine shops, power stations destroyed. Mille is out of com1nission for the time being. 21 November. At last the usual 'cNo Contactn report of returning search flights is changed' Q 9 K K Q 3 one of our dive bombers comes in, taxies forward, and the boardman almost collapses when he gets 21 vigorous YES signal from the pilot. One finger is shyly held up by the smiling aircrewman, indicating he has shot down a lap plane. og

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I 'N-. 'XIX w..QN THE NEXT PILOT GETS SIGNAL HES IN THE GROOVE-BUT LOW 28



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1 . , ROUTINES OE PLANE SPOTTERS SUGGEST BALLET RHYTHMS 1 The Captain has pilot Lt. 6'Cool4y Cleland, and aircrewinan VV. S. Hisler ARM3fc broadcast ription of how Cleland chased a fast p an got into position to shoot, when his guns jaininedg then inore chasing and inaneuvering, C1211 d h' their story over the ship,s public address systeni-a vivid desc Tap twin-engined Betty for twenty minutes, caught u C d ff g S e an put is SBD into a sharp banking turn, brought his rear seat gunner into shooting position. Hisler delivered a couple of bursts from his machine gun, the Betty swerved. broke into Haines. exploded and crashed into the sea. Everybody on the shi 5 is vrancinsf d C d l i i g prou an e ated that an aircrewinan has made th H t e rs score. Hisler gets a ten dollar bill covered with autographs, a rize set b h' p up y is squadron for the 30

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