Keywords: north island northisland haase san diego sandiego us navy usnavy vf-5 vf5 vf-5b vf5b blackandwhite monochrome aircraft vehicle airplane car outdoor black and white A VF-5B Boeing F4B-1s 5-F-6 in flight over San Diego in circa 1931. VF-5B "Red Rippers" was assigned to USS Lexington (CV-2) tail is blue. JMF Hasse Collection via San Diego Aero Space Museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive A VF-5B Boeing F4B-1s 5-F-6 in flight over San Diego in circa 1931. VF-5B "Red Rippers" was assigned to USS Lexington (CV-2) tail is blue. JMF Hasse Collection via San Diego Aero Space Museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |