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![NOTS, 1944](../1944/CLC-440000-01.jpg)
NOTS, 1944 |
NOTS, 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo from China Lake
Community Publication 128
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![F4F Wildcat](../1944/IK-002878.jpg)
F4F Wildcat |
F4F Wildcat under wing HVAR launchers, San Diego,
04 January 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![Ready Room and Office](../1944/IK-000116.jpg)
Ready Room and Office |
Ready Room and Office, Harvey Field, Inyokern, 15
February 1944. Looks like an assortment of TBM Avengers
(BuNo's 53884 & 53889), SB2C Helldivers and
a PBJ Mitchell behind the Ready Room. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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![](../1944/IK-000119.jpg) Harvey Field
control tower |
Harvey Field control tower looking northwest, 15
February 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/IK-000124.jpg) Harvey Field
apron |
Harvey Field apron as seen from the control tower,
15 February 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/IK-000128.jpg) Harvey Field
Quonset huts |
Harvey Field Quonset huts, 15 February 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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![Quonset Hut](../1944/Rktr-440000-01.jpg)
CO's Quonset Hut |
CO's Quonset Hut. L-r: John Richmond, Admiral
Wilhelm L. Friedell, Sandy, Congressman
Harry R. Sheppard, Bob Atkins &
CO Capt. Sherman E. Burroughs, 1944. Rocketeer photo.
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![Capt. Sherman E. Burroughs](../1944/USN-440000-01.jpg)
Capt. Sherman E. Burroughs |
NOTS CO Capt. Sherman E. Burroughs 3rd from left,
Assistant Ecperimental Officer Cdr. Bob
Appleton at far right, others unknown, probably Harvey
Field, circa 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/USN-440000-02.jpg) Harvey
Field Officers Mess |
Harvey Field Officers Mess, 1944. Official U. S.
Navy photo.
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2Q |
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![A-24B Dauntless s/n 42-54416](../1944/OJS-440400-01.jpg)
A-24B Dauntless |
US Army A-24B Dauntless s/n 42-54416 & Oscar
J. Sitzes at Inyokern, CA, April 1944. Photo from O.J.
Sitzes.
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![](../1944/LHL-212349.jpg) VJ-7 TBM
Avenger |
VJ-7 TBM Avenger with HVAR's mounted under the
wing, Harvey Field, 20 April 1944. Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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![](../1944/NP36-001069.jpg) Harvey
Field apron |
Harvey Field apron construction, 15 May 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP36-001073.jpg) Gas storage
tanks |
Gas storage tanks construction, Harvey Field, Inyokern,
15 May 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/GPV-DSCN0423.jpg) Assembly
of Tiny Tim rocket |
Assembly of Tiny Tim rocket #2, circa June 1944.
China Lake Museum photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000414.jpg) TBF Avenger
with a Tiny Tim |
TBF Avenger with a Tiny Tim rocket in the open bomb
bay, Harvey Field, Area L, 10 June 1944. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP36-001139.jpg) Harvey
Field Kodiak hangar |
Harvey Field Kodiak hangar construction 15 June 1944.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/IK-000388.jpg) Drafting
Department |
Drafting Department, Harvey Field, 20 June 1944.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000420.jpg) TBF Avenger |
TBF Avenger being in position atop the static firing
ramp, Harvey Field, Area L, 20 June 1944. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000425.jpg) TBF Avenger |
TBF Avenger firing a Tiny Tim rocket from atop the
static firing ramp, Harvey Field, Area L, 20 June 1944.
Official U.S. Navy.
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![](../1944/USN-440600-02.jpg) TBF
Avenger |
TBF Avenger firing a Tiny Tim rocket from atop the
static firing ramp, Harvey Field, Area L, circa June
1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000633.jpg) FM-2 Wildcat |
FM-2 Wildcat with under wing HVAR's, Harvey Field,
Area L, 21 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000635.jpg) FM-2 Wildcat |
FM-2 Wildcat with under wing HVAR's, Harvey Field,
Area L, 21 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000459.jpg) Harvey
Field commissioning |
Harvey Field commissioning, 22 June 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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3Q |
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![](../1944/NP45-000666.jpg) PBJ-1H
Mitchell |
PBJ-1H Mitchell with under wing HVAR's, Harvey
Field, Area L, 06 July 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP36-001439.jpg) PBJ-1H
Mitchell |
PBJ-1H Mitchell with under wing HVAR's, Harvey
Field, Area L, 06 July 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/Rktr-440718-01.jpg) WAVES
contingent |
WAVES contingent arrived 18 July 1944 and was transferred
to San Diego 30 August 1946, Harvey Field. Rocketeer
photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000574.jpg) A-20 Havoc |
USAAF A-20 Havoc atop a stand for a static rocket
firing test, Harvey Field, Area L, 26 July 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/CNS-440800-02.jpg) VF-6
F6F Hellcats |
VF-6 F6F Hellcats on the line for HVAR 5" Rocket
Training at Harvey Field, Inyokern, August 1944. Clifford
N. Seaver photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000814.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C Helldiver static firing of an 11.75" Tiny
Tim rocket, Harvey Field, Area L, 14 August 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000806.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C Helldiver and 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket upload,
Harvey Field, Area L, 15 August 1944. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000807.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C Helldiver and 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket close-up,
Harvey Field, Area L, 15 August 1944. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP36-002040.jpg) TBM-1C
Avenger |
TBM-1C Avenger, HVAR's, Harvey Field, Inyokern,
20 Aug. 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo
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![](../1944/NP45-000874.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C-1C Helldiver BuNo 018248 (LT Armitage) crash
scene. Harvey Field, Area L, 21 August 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/Rktr-440825-01.jpg) Powder
Plant |
Powder Plant construction, 25 August 1944. Rocketeer
photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000456.jpg) Aerial
view of Harvey Field |
Aerial view of Harvey Field, Inyokern, 30 August
1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/GPV-DSCN0424.jpg) Aerial
view of Harvey Field |
Aerial view of the Harvey Field runways, late 1944.
China Lake Museum photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001038.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C Helldiver being hoisted into position for a
static launch of a 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket, Harvey
Field, Area L, 07 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-000702.jpg) F4U-1D
Corsair |
F4U-1D Corsair with under wing mounted HVAR's,
Harvey Field, 15 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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![](../1944/NBS-000542.jpg) SB2C-1C
Helldiver |
SB2C-1C Helldiver (maybe BuNo 18542) gear down and
in-flight with a BAT glide bomb, 27 September 1944.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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4Q |
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![](../1944/Rktr-441000-01.jpg) Under
Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard |
Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard watches through
binoculars as he presses a button to test fire a Tiny
Tim rocket. Zimmie Zimmerman at left, Harvey Field,
October 1944. Rocketeer photo.
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![](../1944/NBS-000542.jpg) SB2C-1C
Helldiver |
SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing a BAT glide bomb, 07
October 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001228.jpg) SB2C-1C
Helldiver with HVAR's |
SB2C-1C Helldiver with HVAR's on under wing launchers,
Harvey Field, Inyokern, 17 October 1944. Official U.S.
Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001237.jpg) SB2C-1C
Helldiver with Tiny Tim |
SB2C Helldiver with 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket under
the stbd wing, Harvey Field, Area L, 23 October 1944.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/GPV-DSCN0421.jpg) Motor
service pool |
Motor service pool at construction contractors'
base batching plant. Concrete batching plant and lumber
mill in background, November 1944. China Lake Museum
photo.
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![](../1944/USN-441100-01.jpg) Contractors
sawmill |
Contractors sawmill & construction activity,
China Lake, November 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001272.jpg) SB2C-4
Helldiver elevator modifications |
Close-up of SB2C-4 Helldiver elevator modifications
following Armitage's crash. PBY in the background
and F4U Corsair (NOTS-19) Tiny Tim upload at right,
Harvey Field, 07 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001445.jpg) F4U-1D
Corsair under wing HVAR damage |
F4U-1D Corsair under wing HVAR damage, Harvey Field,
Area L, 10 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001440.jpg) F4U-1D
Corsair HVAR close-up |
F4U-1D Corsair HVAR close-up, Harvey Field, Area
L, 10 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/LHL-235240.jpg)
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F4U-4 Corsair in-flight firing HVAR's, 01 December
1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001640.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C Helldiver (NOTS-28) close-up under wing HVAR
Harvey Launcher, 08 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy
photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001641.jpg) SB2C Helldiver |
SB2C Helldiver (NOTS-28) with under wing HVAR Harvey
Launcher, 08 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP36-001439.jpg) Harvey
Field garage |
Harvey Field garage construction, 19 December 1944.
Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001683.jpg) F6F-5
Hellcat |
F6F-5 Hellcat (619) with two 11.75" Tiny Tim
rockets and center fuel tank, overloaded gross weight
of 15,885 lbs., Harvey Field, 29 December 1944. Official
U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001684-06.jpg) F6F-5
Hellcat |
F6F Hellcat in flight firing an 11.75" Tiny
Tim rocket, 29 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![F4U-1D Corsair](../1944/NP45-001662.jpg)
F4U-1D Corsair with Tiny Tim |
F4U-1D Corsair with Tiny Tim rocket close-up showing
the fin position to clear the launch rail, Harvey Field,
19 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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![](../1944/NP45-001684.jpg) F4U-1D
Corsair |
F4U Corsair in flight firing an 11.75" Tiny
Tim rocket, 29 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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