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Color photograph of a plane landing on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid's flight deck, with ot…
S-2 Tracker Touching Down
Color photograph of a plane landing on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid's flight deck, with ot…
Color photograph of a plane landing on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid's flight deck, with other airplanes in the foreground

S-2 Tracker Touching Down

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
Date1972–1974
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the Jerry Glueck family. P2017.12.06
Object numberP2017.12.06
DescriptionPhotograph, Color; Square, blurry image of a Grumman S-2 Tracker about to touch down on the aft end of the flight deck. The photograph was taken looking down from the island. Two Douglas A-4 Skyhawks and a yellow aircraft cart are parked on the flight deck in the lower left corner of the image. The open water is calm and the sky is gray. The lower left corner has “Technicolor” stamped on it. The back of the paper has, “Kodak Paper” across it and is captioned in black ink, “Flight Deck”.
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Jerry Glueck
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Jerry Glueck
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Object number: P2017.12.10
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Jerry Glueck
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Object number: P2017.12.03
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