Vintage shots from days gone by!

And I would bet that it overshot the wires on landing to deserve the push-off. They would have sent them off the side or back otherwise... They never would have stopped at sea to throw one off the front!

 

"Jeep carrier, F4F Wildcat - note the wing is mid fuselage not low like a Hellcat"
Sorry guys....wing shape and thickness makes this one a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber.
George H W Bush's ride.

 

"Jeep carrier, F4F Wildcat - note the wing is mid fuselage not low like a Hellcat"
Sorry guys....wing shape and thickness makes this one a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber.
George H W Bush's ride.

 

Waiting for the Lynchburg Ferry.

 

Wellington, NZ

 

Tampa, FL 1942

 

1956 Main St., Brigham, UT

 

St. Ignace, MI 1951

 

St. Paul Ave, Wildwood, NJ

 

You're right, I wasn't sure because the original photo was too small, but it is an Avenger and yes, it probably overshot the cables, guess that happened more often on a jeep carrier, they were pretty short compared to the larger carriers

 

Wildwood, NJ

 

I stand corrected, hope the gunner made it.

 

1957 Home of Paul Revere, Boston, MA

 

Newberry Lunch Counter, 1941 Tampa, FL

 

I love the Reed Family - wonderful photos ~

 

1941 Goody Goody BBQ, Tampa, FL

 

1945 Miss West Virginia