| Caption | Navy Lt Bob Elder in a P-51D Mustang modified with a tailhook aboard the carrier Shangra-La for testing, 15 Nov 1944. ww2dbase | |||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 15 Nov 1944 | |||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||
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2. Chari Willis says:
19 Nov 2017 07:08:11 PM
My Dad Lt Cmdr James K Bourland served as a night fighter pilot in 1945 on the Shanghai-La. He also fought in the Korean War as a naval pilot.
19 Nov 2017 07:08:11 PM
My Dad Lt Cmdr James K Bourland served as a night fighter pilot in 1945 on the Shanghai-La. He also fought in the Korean War as a naval pilot.
3. Rich MILLER says:
15 Nov 2024 09:38:17 AM
Shangri-La had been commissioned 2 months before and had started trials one month before this day. She launched and received the P-51 4 times that day. She also had 5 landings by a F7F-1 Tigercat, and 2 landings and 1 takeoff by a PBJ-1 (Navy designation for the B-25). The PBJ had a landing gear problem on the second landing and stayed overnight before being catapulted off the next day. The carrier was operating with escorts Rhind (DD-404) and Haas (DE-424) as low wind conditions required operating at high speed in open sea outside of Chesapeake Bay. Rear Admiral Richardson, the Assistant Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics, was on board to watch.
15 Nov 2024 09:38:17 AM
Shangri-La had been commissioned 2 months before and had started trials one month before this day. She launched and received the P-51 4 times that day. She also had 5 landings by a F7F-1 Tigercat, and 2 landings and 1 takeoff by a PBJ-1 (Navy designation for the B-25). The PBJ had a landing gear problem on the second landing and stayed overnight before being catapulted off the next day. The carrier was operating with escorts Rhind (DD-404) and Haas (DE-424) as low wind conditions required operating at high speed in open sea outside of Chesapeake Bay. Rear Admiral Richardson, the Assistant Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics, was on board to watch.
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