https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/59fa94b2-37e3-4d21-8da3-0b3dc491afb9 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This elaborate amateur made film shows some of the activities of Carrier Air Wing 19, and probably dates to Spring of 1946, and was likely shot in San Diego. At the time the wing was apparently preparing for deployment aboard either CV-12 USS Hornet or CV-36 USS Antietam. (In November 1946 CVG-19 was redesignated CVAG-19, so the film definitely predates that month.) The unit at this time was commanded by A.P. "Scoofer" Coffin aka Albert Peyton Coffin, a WWII hero who was awarded the Navy Cross for “extraordinary heroism” in combat in the Solomon Islands. Scoofer Coffin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1934. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. The aircraft shown in the film include the F8F Bearcat, F4U-4 Corsair, SB2C Vindicator, and TBM Avenger. At the time the film was shot, the commander of the unit was A.P. Scoofer Coffin, Fighting Squadron 19 commander Lt. Cmdr. J.G. Smith (9:49 / Bearcats), Bombing Squadron 19 Lt. W.H. Cravens (20:37 Vindicators), Torpedo Squadron 19 Lt. Commander Dr. F.C. Perry (23:46 / Avengers), Bombing / Fighting Squadron 19 Lt. E.L. Lindsay (26:13 / Corsairs) Some of the activities shown in the film include orderly doing paperwork (2:00), typing up reports (4:00) and reviewing documents (4:50), airplane maintenance (5:00), Scoofer Coffin in his Bearcat aircraft (6:43) performing various maneuvers, ground crew working on Bearcat, engine of a Bearcat serviced (11:20), Commander Coffin and his Bearcat (12:47), Commander Smith and his aircraft (13:15), Coffin and his Bearcat (13:35), Vindicators in formation flight (22:00), TBM Avengers take off in formation (24:00), Corsairs take off (26:00), Corsair lands without the landing gear down (30:25). At (30:37) the aircraft fly in formation to form the word "Aloha". At (31:35), a man -- possibly Scoofer Coffin -- reads a newspaper with the headline "Japs Seek to Form Cabinet" -- this apparently is from May 3, 1946. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee1tfiHw9l4 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:20:56 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/59fa94b2-37e3-4d21-8da3-0b3dc491afb9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.