Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
USS Bennington Bomb Adaptations |
Object Name |
Documents |
Creator |
Bennington (Aircraft carrier) |
Dates of Creation |
ca. 1945 |
Scope & Content |
Two written pages containing information about adopting a method to release the bomb racks on the F6F-5 separately for the USS Bennington. The document refers to the wiring diagrams and how the pilots would be able drop the left and right bomb racks individually. Refers to the Nagano bombing. An added note mentions that this method had been used successfully on all bombing missions of the VF-One to date. |
Search Terms |
Bennington (Aircraft carrier) World War, 1939-1945 |
Credit line |
Gift of Anne Burkhardt |
Catalog Number |
2003.17.12 a,b |