Keywords: north island northisland haase san diego sandiego us navy usnavy buno a-8839 bunoa8839 a-8839 a8839 buno 8839 buno8839 8839 vf-5 vf5 vf-5b vf5b aviation aircraft airplane biplane military aviation militaryaviation naval aviation navalaviation united states navy unitedstatesnavy usn boeing boeing model 223 boeingmodel223 boeing 223 boeing223 boeing f4b boeingf4b boeing f4b-2 boeingf4b2 f4b f4b-2 f4b2 pratt & whitney prattwhitney pratt & whitney r-1340 prattwhitneyr1340 r-1340 r1340 pratt & whitney r-1340-8 prattwhitneyr13408 r-1340-8 r13408 blackandwhite vehicle monochrome outdoor black and white A VF-5B "Red Rippers" Boeing F4B-2 #5-F-12 (8839) in flight. circa 1932. VF-5B was assigned to the USS Lexington (CV-2) air group. JMF Hasse Collection via San Diego Aero Space Museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive A VF-5B "Red Rippers" Boeing F4B-2 #5-F-12 (8839) in flight. circa 1932. VF-5B was assigned to the USS Lexington (CV-2) air group. JMF Hasse Collection via San Diego Aero Space Museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |