Black and white photograph of pilots seated in the ready room

Air Group 6 in the Ready Room

Object NamePhotograph

Association USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

DateJanuary 28–February 3, 1944

PeriodWorld War II

Mediumphotographic paper

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2012.01.14

Object numberP00.2012.01.14

DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of about 45 airmen sit or stand in a packed ready room and listen to instructions given by someone to the right of the photographer. The men, who are light-skinned, are wearing leather flight helmets, radio earphones, goggles, life vests with dye packs, bandoliers with side arms, and leather flight jackets. There is a white border around the image and “225” written in black ink in the upper right corner.

The back has "80-G-225346 Pilots in ready room // get final instructions before taking // off from Intrepid on bomb runs to // Roi and Kwajaline [Kwajalein] in the Marshall // Islands. We are here from 30 Jan. to // 8 Feb. 1944. We then move on to Truk // Island in the Caroline Islands.", "#225346~ January 28 to Feb. 3, 1944 at the Marshall Islands. Air group 6 aboard. // Pilots get there orders to strike Roi Namure [Roi-Namur] and Kwajaline", and "The Squadron in Ready Room // gets instructions before take-off // to hit Jap and Roi Is. // on Intrepid in Feb. 1944" written, "Credit National Archives" stamped in the right corner, and "80-G-225346" written underneath it.

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