Assigned screening and radar picket duties for the remainder of the Okinawan campaign Willard Keith destroyed two Japanese planes during her tour. Her closest brush with the enemy came on the final day of the campaign when a Japanese torpedo plane winged in low and unobserved and launched her "...
For every Yorktown plane lost there were 11.5 enemy planes lost or damaged; Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War on Worldwide Communism; Recovering the First Astronauts to Travel to the Moon; South America Cruise, North Atlantic NATO cruise, Hollywood movies and television appearances; America's ...
Alongside the typical abilities of strafing, dropping 2 x 100 lb bombs, and capping zones, the SOC-1 and other scout planes have the added ability to lay down smoke cover (up to 3 times). Captains will be wise to remember to utilise the aircraft and consider when best to use it, for...