Photo Gallery: Page 2
Crew Members

Waist gunner and his .50 caliber machine gun mount (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)


VP-23 crew member Harry La Brie checks the gun inside his blister window.
(Photo sent by Leslie La Brie)

A Black Cat navigator reports the aircraft's progress to the plane commander. (Mrs. Warren S. Pittman collection) (Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)

Crew members load chow aboard a Black Cat before a mission. (VP-12 cruise book)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)

That was a close one. Lieutenant C.B. Sillers examines a bullet hole in his windshield.
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)

Lieutenant Commander Flip Anderson got two destroyer escorts at Zamboanga.
(Captain F.P. Anderson collection) (Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)

Wild Bill Sumpter dropped his entire bomb load on an enemy cruiser at Toli Toli Bay, Celebes Islands (Captain F.P. Anderson collection) (Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)

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