Pacific Eagles Database
Carrier raids on Formosa, October 1944.
Carrier raids on Formosa, October 1944.

A USS HANCOCK (CV-19) SB2C-3 "Helldiver" flies below the overcast along the Eastern Coast of Formosa, en route to attack shipping at Kurin Ko, the principal North Coast Port, 13 October 1944. Note gun pod under the plane's wing, and nickname "Satan's Angel" by