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Bennington aviators went after targets both at Tokyo and at Yokosuka, site of the large Japanese naval base. While their colleagues pounded Japan, pilots in Bennington ' s Combat Air Patrol (CAP) helped to protect TG 58.1 from air raids and shot down three intruders. On the negative side, her air group lost one plane to antiaircraft fire over ...
Entered a room containing explosives and extinguished a fire after an accidental detonation Henry Breault: Navy: Torpedoman's Mate Second Class: USS O-5 (SS-66) Oct 28, 1923: For rescuing another sailor when submarine O-5 sank George Breeman: Navy: Seaman: USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Apr 13, 1906: For actions after the accidental ignition of gunpowder —
The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777. USS Bennington (PG-4), was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish–American War. USS Bennington (CV-20), was an aircraft carrier of World War II and decommissioned in 1970.
The VBF-1 Squadron. Flying F4U Corsairs, the VBF-1 squadron was assigned to the USS Bennington in the Pacific on 17 June 1945, where it was based for the remainder of World War II.
English: Scoreboard of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20), circa in August 1945. The ship's captain, Captain Boynton Lewis Braun, USN, is looking from the bridge. He commanded Bennington from 30 June 1945 to 8 July 1946.
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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) showing her collapsed flight deck, which was damaged by Typhoon Connie on 5 June 1945. USS Hornet (CV-12), which was in Task Group 38.1 with Bennington, received a similar damage to her flight deck.
15 December 1944 – 7 January 1945: The squadron, embarked on USS Bennington, was in transit from Norfolk, Virginia, to the Hawaiian Islands, with a two-day stop over at San Diego. 16 February 1945: The squadron participated in its first combat operations, flying sorties against the air strip at Hachijo Jima and against airfields in the Tokyo ...