USN Ready Rooms ...
Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:02 pm
Per request ... Source, Kibbe Museum archives and my own photo collections. Wish I had more information as to who, what, where and when. This is when J Cook comes in handy. I hope these are useful ...
VMF-124 pilots prepare for their January 4 1945 raid on Formosa. Capt Edmond P Hartsock, Capt Howard J Finn, Lt Herbert Libbey and Lt George Parker USS Essex
VMF-124 and VMF-213 pilots leave ready room for strike on Luzon USS Essex January 6 1945
VF-74 Hellcat pilots are briefed for a ground attack mission over southern France while sitting in the Ready Room on board the USS Kasaan Bay in August 1944
VF-11 USS Hornet
VF-11 Sundowners USS Hornet, Dad sitting in back with cigar in mouth.
VF-11 Sundowners
VB-87 aboard USS Ticonderoga July 1945
VB-11 USS Hornet
USS Ranger during North Africa campaign November 1942
USS Intrepid CV 11 Ready Room circa 1944
Anxious Vigil -- Surrounded by Navy bomber pilots who have completed their missions and returned to their carrier, Captain Stuart H. Ingersoll, USN (left) keeps a nerve-wracking vigil
in the ready room of his flat-top as he awaits the appearance of fighter pilots sent aloft to engage Japanese fighters from Saipan.
Captain Ingersoll is skipper of one of the powerful aircraft carriers of Task Force 58. Released July 25, 1944.
Pilots of Fighting Squadron 20 wait in their ready room before a strike in the China Sea
pilot tells of dive bombing of wake island in ready room of USS Yorktown CV-10
Lieutenant Ronald P "Rip" Gift relaxes with other pilots in a ready room on board USS Monterey CVL-26 after landing on her at night following strikes on the Japanese fleet
2nd Lt William R "Big Ben" Bennewitz VMF-124 discusses bombing cargo ship at Hainan with fellow Marine pilots USS Essex January 16 1945
VTN-90 from their 1945 cruise aboard USS Enterprise
Dad looking tired NAS Oceana 1945
Casimir J "Kazimah" Chop VMF-124 in his stateroom on the Essex, typical looking pilots stateroom
VMF-124 pilots prepare for their January 4 1945 raid on Formosa. Capt Edmond P Hartsock, Capt Howard J Finn, Lt Herbert Libbey and Lt George Parker USS Essex
VMF-124 and VMF-213 pilots leave ready room for strike on Luzon USS Essex January 6 1945
VF-74 Hellcat pilots are briefed for a ground attack mission over southern France while sitting in the Ready Room on board the USS Kasaan Bay in August 1944
VF-11 USS Hornet
VF-11 Sundowners USS Hornet, Dad sitting in back with cigar in mouth.
VF-11 Sundowners
VB-87 aboard USS Ticonderoga July 1945
VB-11 USS Hornet
USS Ranger during North Africa campaign November 1942
USS Intrepid CV 11 Ready Room circa 1944
Anxious Vigil -- Surrounded by Navy bomber pilots who have completed their missions and returned to their carrier, Captain Stuart H. Ingersoll, USN (left) keeps a nerve-wracking vigil
in the ready room of his flat-top as he awaits the appearance of fighter pilots sent aloft to engage Japanese fighters from Saipan.
Captain Ingersoll is skipper of one of the powerful aircraft carriers of Task Force 58. Released July 25, 1944.
Pilots of Fighting Squadron 20 wait in their ready room before a strike in the China Sea
pilot tells of dive bombing of wake island in ready room of USS Yorktown CV-10
Lieutenant Ronald P "Rip" Gift relaxes with other pilots in a ready room on board USS Monterey CVL-26 after landing on her at night following strikes on the Japanese fleet
2nd Lt William R "Big Ben" Bennewitz VMF-124 discusses bombing cargo ship at Hainan with fellow Marine pilots USS Essex January 16 1945
VTN-90 from their 1945 cruise aboard USS Enterprise
Dad looking tired NAS Oceana 1945
Casimir J "Kazimah" Chop VMF-124 in his stateroom on the Essex, typical looking pilots stateroom
Re: USN Ready Rooms ...
Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:26 am
American heroes right there. I love the great airplane photo threads, but the human side, in some respects, is even better. Celebrities have their place, but these guys are the real Rock Stars.
Ken
Ken
Re: USN Ready Rooms ...
Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:08 pm
Note that in several cases, plotting boards are evident. These held the maps, a big clear plastic compass rose, and a whiz wheel and were removed from the airplane by the pilot after flight for his preparation for the next mission. The board generally slid into a horizontal slot in the instrument panel. The rails can be seen on the side of the board.