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USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest warship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal .
Bruno Peter Gaido (March 21, 1916 – June 15, 1942) was an American sailor who served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Machinist's Mate during World War II.While flying as a gunner for pilot Frank O'Flaherty in a Douglas SBD Dauntless during the Battle of Midway, he was shot down and captured by the Japanese whilst waiting for rescue from American forces.
www.midway.org. Main exhibit area of Midway on the hangar deck. The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum in San Diego, California, located at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway. The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern California. [1][2]
Ensign George H. Gay Jr. (right), sole survivor of VT-8's TBD Devastator group, in front of his aircraft with his rear gunner, ARM3c George Arthur Field, while Hornet was in the Coral Sea, c. May 1942. During the Battle of Midway, Gay was the first of his squadron to take off from Hornet on June 4, 1942. Gay's squadron found the Japanese fleet ...
The Midway class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. [2] USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.
Lawrence Cleveland "Larry" Chambers (born June 10, 1929) is the first African American to command a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the first African-American graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank. [2] While in command of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, Chambers gave the controversial order to push overboard millions of ...
Edwin Thomas Layton was born on April 7, 1903, in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a son of George E. Layton and his wife Mary C. Layton. Layton attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated in 1924. Layton spent the next five years with the Pacific Fleet aboard the battleship USS West Virginia and destroyer USS Chase.
Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 2012-02-12. From a contemporary press report: John Thomas Blackburn, 81, decorated World War II fighter pilot and air squadron Commander, died of cancer March 21, 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida. The son and younger brother of Naval officers, he was born and grew up in the District.