Lt. Moore USS Enterprise (CV-6) Air Group Aerial Reconnaissance Mission Photographs
This exclusive collection of CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET World War II aerial mission reconnaissance photographs was taken by the USS Enterprise (CV-6) Air Group during some its most infamous aerial missions of World War II. These original aerial mission photographs were bring-backs of Lt. Moore who served as an American pilot on the USS Enterprise (CV-6) Air Group. Lt. Moore is a WWII American hero who served as a U.S. carrier combat pilot aboard the USS Enterprise and saw action in some of WWII’s most infamous battles. Lt. Moore kept a record of his service through his bring-back collection of ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ Pacific Theater target maps, aerial reconnaissance photos etc. starting with his aerial combat missions with the USS Enterprise during the Guadalcanal Campaign. It was here he covered the landings and participated in the battles of Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz Islands. Despite the USS Enterprise being damaged in both battles, USS Enterprise launched Lt. Moore and its other skilled pilots to assist the ships involved in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In late 1943 and early 1944, Enterprise took part in the Gilberts and Marshall invasions and air attacks on the Japanese in the Central and Southern Pacific. In the summer of 1944, USS Enterprise participated in the Marianas operation and the Battle of the Philippine Sea, followed with the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October. In February 1945, Lt. Moore took part in the aerial attack of the Iwo Jima invasion, then raids on the Japanese home islands and the Okinawa campaign in April. Due to damage received by two kamikaze attacks in April and May, USS Enterprise returned to the United States with the distinction of being the most decorated U.S. Navy warship during the war. Following Japan's surrender, she helped transport U.S. servicemen back to the United States. Lt. Moore survived the length of the war flying countless aerial combat missions and raids against the Japanese aboard what is considered one of the most infamous U.S.N. ships to this day.
