Emergency landing.
11x14 Lifetime archival ink jet print. Printed under the supervision of Wayne F. Miller, 2008.
Emergency landing after battle which left two crewmen dead, one wounded, and all instruments destroyed. The air group commander is seen leaving cockpit. USS Saratoga. 1943.
Miller was a member of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, under the command of Captain Edward Steichen. He was given orders to "photograph at will”. Between 1943 and 1945 Miller worked from various aircraft carriers, including USS Saratoga, USS Ticonderoga, and USS Nassau. He photographed kamikaze attacks, SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) missions, as well as daily life aboard the aircraft carriers. Miller and Steichen developed a strong friendship that persisted until Steichen's death in 1973.
Appears in Wayne F. Miller Photographs 1942-1958 published by powerHouse Books, 2008.
11x14 Lifetime archival ink jet print. Printed under the supervision of Wayne F. Miller, 2008.
Emergency landing after battle which left two crewmen dead, one wounded, and all instruments destroyed. The air group commander is seen leaving cockpit. USS Saratoga. 1943.
Miller was a member of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, under the command of Captain Edward Steichen. He was given orders to "photograph at will”. Between 1943 and 1945 Miller worked from various aircraft carriers, including USS Saratoga, USS Ticonderoga, and USS Nassau. He photographed kamikaze attacks, SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) missions, as well as daily life aboard the aircraft carriers. Miller and Steichen developed a strong friendship that persisted until Steichen's death in 1973.
Appears in Wayne F. Miller Photographs 1942-1958 published by powerHouse Books, 2008.
11x14 Lifetime archival ink jet print. Printed under the supervision of Wayne F. Miller, 2008.
Emergency landing after battle which left two crewmen dead, one wounded, and all instruments destroyed. The air group commander is seen leaving cockpit. USS Saratoga. 1943.
Miller was a member of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, under the command of Captain Edward Steichen. He was given orders to "photograph at will”. Between 1943 and 1945 Miller worked from various aircraft carriers, including USS Saratoga, USS Ticonderoga, and USS Nassau. He photographed kamikaze attacks, SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) missions, as well as daily life aboard the aircraft carriers. Miller and Steichen developed a strong friendship that persisted until Steichen's death in 1973.
Appears in Wayne F. Miller Photographs 1942-1958 published by powerHouse Books, 2008.