Sujet
Lt. Com. Mitscher & Lt. Barin Landing
Légende
Between June 1939 and July 1941 Mitscher served as assistant chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Thereafter, he fitted out the carrier Hornet, and he assumed her command at her commissioning in October 1941. While under his command, the Hornet launched the Doolittle Raid against Japan in early 1942 and thus gained fame as to their point of origin being "Shangri La" expressed during a news conference given by President Roosevelt.
Date
2012
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Notre référence
UMG20A59_253
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,0Mo (7,2Mo) / 43,0cm x 29,7cm / 5082 x 3507 (300dpi)