File:Aircraft landing aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in November 1943 (80-G-K-15290).jpg

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Edward Steichen  (1879–1973)  wikidata:Q313899 s:en:Author:Edward Jean Steichen q:en:Edward Steichen
 
Edward Steichen
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Eduard Jean Steichen
Description American-Luxembourgish photographer, painter, war photographer, curator, fashion photographer and drawer
Date of birth/death 27 March 1879 Edit this at Wikidata 25 March 1973 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bivange Edit this at Wikidata Redding Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q313899
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English: View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 16 (CVG-16) landing, in November 1943. Crewmen in the foreground are sitting on the wing of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16), as a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 16 (VF-16) lands and a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 16 (VT-16) taxiies to a parking place on the forward flight deck.
Date November 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-11-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-K-15290
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15290
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17:46, 31 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:46, 31 August 2006740 × 490 (62 KB)Felix Stember (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Aircraft return to the carrier during the Gilberts operation, November 1943. Crewmen in the foreground are sitting on the wing of an SBD-5, as an F6F-3 lands and a TBF-1 taxiies to a parking place on the forward flight deck. |So

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