Keywords: outdoor 80-G-46157: Japanese “Betty” aircraft being shot down by a U.S. Navy PV-1 aircraft during a patrol near Truk Island, Caroline Islands. Lieutenant Harry F. Standford, USNR, (pilot), coming out of a rain squall sighted the Japanese plane, jettisoned his depth charges for aided speed and maneuverability and went in to attack. In this view, with guns blasting all the way, the PV-1 Ventura roars up on the Japanese from 1,000 yards to the stern. Released July 31, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05). 80-G-46157: Japanese “Betty” aircraft being shot down by a U.S. Navy PV-1 aircraft during a patrol near Truk Island, Caroline Islands. Lieutenant Harry F. Standford, USNR, (pilot), coming out of a rain squall sighted the Japanese plane, jettisoned his depth charges for aided speed and maneuverability and went in to attack. In this view, with guns blasting all the way, the PV-1 Ventura roars up on the Japanese from 1,000 yards to the stern. Released July 31, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05). |