Original 1947 US Navy Photo Light Carrier Air Group One USS Saipan CVL-48 Pilots
DescriptionOriginal Official U.S. Navy Photograph — Light Carrier Air Group ONE, USS Saipan (CVL-48), April 1947 WW2 Era
Offered here is an original official U.S. Navy photograph, a large group portrait of the officers and aviators of Light Carrier Air Group One (CVLG-1) aboard the light aircraft carrier USS Saipan (CVL-48), dated April 1947. The men are posed in three rows on the flight deck in front of their aircraft — including a folded-wing F4U Corsair (marked \"30\") and what appears to be a TBM Avenger — making a wonderful post-war carrier-aviation image. An authentic period Navy print, not a reproduction.
A hand-inked caption on the front reads \"LIGHT CARRIER AIR GROUP ONE / USS SAIPAN (CVL-48) / APRIL 1947.\"
Verso: stamped \"OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH — NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION — BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS,\" and — the real bonus — a complete handwritten roster identifying nearly every man in the photo:
Top row: Deitz, Dixon, Dickson, Menconi, Hannaford, Koch, Doak, Yesensky, Arnold, Houser, McDonald, Johnson, Dick, Sillars, Lesniewski, Williams, Estabrook, Mansfield, Stivers, Brackett, Melton, Graham, Ogan, Cummings, Stallings, Barton, Casey, Wright.
Seated: Jones, Sigman, Duss, Hawley, Bryant, Prahar, Laird, Gibson, Gillen, Caruthers, Wear, Whitehurst, Callahan, Baslee, Van Winkle.
Kneeling: Youmans, Carpenter, Granewich, Goolsby, Brown, Miller, Adams, Shong, Tull, Girard, Schimpf, Ewald.
Historical background: USS Saipan (CVL-48) was a Saipan-class light aircraft carrier commissioned in July 1946 and used heavily in the post-WWII years for carrier-qualification and air-group operations. This photo captures one of her embarked air groups in the spring of 1947.
Details:
- Subject: U.S. Navy carrier aviation / naval aviators
- Ship: USS Saipan (CVL-48); unit: Light Carrier Air Group One
- Date: April 1947
- Official U.S. Navy / Bureau of Aeronautics photograph with named roster on verso
- Black & white photographic print 8\" x 10\"
Condition: Vintage original showing age-appropriate wear — edge and corner creasing/wear and light toning to the verso as pictured; image displays excellent detail and contrast. Please review both photos, which form part of the description. Sold as-is.
An outstanding, fully-identified piece of post-war U.S. naval aviation history — ideal for the carrier, Corsair/Avenger, or USS Saipan collector, or anyone researching these aviators by Options:Domestic shipping: Fixed Shipping Charges.International shipping: Weight based Shipping Charges.
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