File:USS Harder (SS-257) rescueing pilot at Woleai 1944.jpg

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Description	The U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine USS Harder (SS-257) during the rescue of Ens. John R. Galvin off Woleai Atoll. The Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane attempted to aid in the rescue but actually parted the line by which the aviator and three submariners that came to his rescue should have been pulled from the surf! The rescue was later successful using a new line. Galvin was a pilot assigned to Fighting Squadron VF-8 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Galvin had left his formation to strafe a Mitsubishi G4M1 bomber on Falalop, but his Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (BuNo 40695) was hit by flak and he had to bail out circa 8 km north of Taugalap.
Date	1 April 1944
Source	U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2007.084.001.171
Author	Air Group Commander Andrew Jackson, U.S. Navy

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