Caption | Crews aboard USS Enterprise controlling fires from a Japanese bomb that blew the forward elevator completely out of the ship, off Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945. ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation WH Balden Collection | ||||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 14 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||||||
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8 Aug 2015 09:14:11 PM
Note the large deck number painted on the forward flight deck – upside down. This number is aligned correctly for a ‘9’ but wrong way around for the ‘6’ that should appear on the Enterprise. Wasp (Essex-class) also had her ‘18’ bow number applied upside down for several weeks and Yorktown (Essex-class) briefly had her bow ‘10’ painted upside down.