silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMitchell, Carleton
USA, VA, Norfolk; Bermuda; North Africa; Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean
1943
7.50 x 9.75 x 0
Silver print; photographed by Carleton Mitchell; from photograph album 1996.31.6009; deck view of aircraft carrier RANGER; fighter planes; mechanics; in view; possibly heavy cruiser TUSCALOOSA in view; pilots dropping depth charges on towed target; taken during a mission to bring U.S. Army P-40 fighter planes from Norfolk, VA. to North Africa; Feb.- March 1953; typed label next to print in album reads "Army mechanics pause in their work/ of readying fighters long enough/ to watch returning scout planes/ drop depth charges on a towed target.". Ref: Memo from the U.S. Navy Director of Public Relations from the Officer in Charge, Combat Photography Section (Carleton Mitchell); dated March 18, 1943.
1996.31.6009.10