COLLECTION NAME:
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Record
Digital Object Identifier:
363-02421
Title:
Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area
Description:
Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area.
Date:
1967, July 12
Subject(s):
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Bombing, Aerial; Jet fighter planes; Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Quân đội; Precision bombing; Aerial photography; Reconnaissance aircraft; Aerial reconnaissance; Bonhomme Richard (Amphibious assault ship (multi-purpose) : LHD-6); Skyhawk (Jet attack plane)
Location(s):
Gulf of Tonkin
Geographic Coordinates:
19.7500; 107.7500
Size:
20 x 25 cm
Containers:
B147, F1
Format:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number:
MS 363
Collection Title:
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator:
United States. Navy. Fleet, 7th
Collector:
Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright information:
These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher:
Archives & Special Collections
