File:Landing Signal Officer launches aircraft aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in early December 1943 (80-G-K-15294).jpg

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Edward Steichen  (1879–1973)  wikidata:Q313899 s:en:Author:Edward Jean Steichen q:en:Edward Steichen
 
Edward Steichen
Alternative names
Eduard Jean Steichen
Description American-Luxembourgish photographer, painter, war photographer, curator, fashion photographer and drawer
Date of birth/death 27 March 1879 Edit this at Wikidata 25 March 1973 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bivange Redding
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creator QS:P170,Q313899
Description
English: The Landing Signal Officer aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), Lieutenant John W. Clark, USN, stands by to send a plane on its take-off run, during the Gilberts Campaing, in early December 1943. The boardman standing behind Clark instructs pilot which way to turn after becoming airborne.
Date December 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-12-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-K-15294
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15294

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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID 80-G-K-15294.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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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.

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current21:50, 20 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 21:50, 20 December 20203,771 × 5,076 (8.44 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)correct photo
21:19, 20 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 21:19, 20 December 20209,560 × 7,038 (21.92 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-10) with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) landing, in November 1943. Crewmen in the foreground are sitting on the wing of a Douglas SBD-5 ''Dauntless'' of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5), as a Grumman F6F-3 ''Hellcat'' of Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5) lands and a Grumman TBF-1 ''Avenger'' of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5) taxiies to a parking place on the f...