File:LSO guiding Loening OL aboard USS Lexington (CV-2) 1931.jpeg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(1,878 × 1,369 pixels, file size: 773 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description A U.S. Navy Landing Signal Officer on board the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) uses flags to guide an Loening OL-8 amphibian to a recovery on board the ship. The aircraft was returning from relief mission to Managua, Nicaragua in the wake of a devastating earthquake there.
Date
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.020.001
Author U.S. Navy

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:48, 10 September 2013Thumbnail for version as of 20:48, 10 September 20131,878 × 1,369 (773 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Landing Signal Officer on board the aircraft carrier USS ''Lexington'' (CV-2) uses flags to guide an Loening OL-8 amphibian to a recovery on board the ship. The aircraft was returning from r...

Metadata