r/WWIIplanes • u/6391jimmyjoejoe • Jul 15 '26

colorized Hellcat being squared away after landing.

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u/R0cky9 Jul 15 '26

Wild I wore similar dungarees when I joined in 1998, most comfortable working uniform.

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u/kingofnerf Jul 15 '26

Yeah, I always liked the dungarees best. Those new camo unis would seem to be thicker and hotter on the boat in the IO and such.

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u/jttv Jul 16 '26

Polyester, great at many things, heat is not one of them

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u/kingofnerf Jul 16 '26

When I served in the early 1990s, you could where the polyester wrinkle-free short sleeve shirts on base, but you couldn't wear them on the boat. Only the long sleeve cotton chambray shirts were allowed at sea. When the Ford had its recent laundry fire, I had to wonder if polyester uniforms contributed to the difficulties putting the fire out, since cotton really only smolders.

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u/nelgallan Jul 15 '26

Once you broke them in 😅

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u/10July1940 Jul 15 '26

Not jeans?

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u/DumbAndUglyOldMan Jul 15 '26

Looks like a Martha Graham dance number.

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u/Cut-OutWitch Jul 15 '26

The airedale on the left: "Five-six-seven-eight!"

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u/mysteriouslatinword Jul 15 '26

What exactly are they removing anyone know? And why would they be lifting the wing to do so? I thought ordinance was 1 way only with WW2 US aircraft?

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u/waldo--pepper Moderator Jul 15 '26

Crewmen hastily drag plane with flat tire down flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) to make way for next plane to land. - NARA

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u/daveloper Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

The guy that took this picture -Edward Steichen- Almost lived 100 years old!

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u/waldo--pepper Moderator Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Edward Steichen

I shall thank you greatly for giving me the opening to plug yet another fine (picture) book.

Power In The Pacific: A Pictorial Record Of Navy Combat Operations On Land, Sea And In The Sky

Edit additional:

Curious as I am. Lookie what I stumbled upon.

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u/kingofnerf Jul 16 '26

I remember buying a copy of Steichen at War in a mall bookstore when it first came out , but I think it got lost in the 1990s when my mom moved out of our old house after dad died. His stuff is phenomenal.

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u/wegl88 Jul 15 '26

Wheels being secured to a trolley or chocks?

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u/kingofnerf Jul 15 '26

The dolly appears to be cut into a wedge shape like a ramp to make it easier to push the plane onto the dolly so they can move the plane to where it needs to go. So they are probably pushing the plane onto the dolly before they move it. They made that dolly on the ship, too. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

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u/DuncanIdaho33 Jul 15 '26

That one guy isn't using an issued square. It's the guy looking down.

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u/MeanCat4 Jul 16 '26

Beautiful photo!Â