Shellback Certificate, US Langley Aircraft Carrier, 1936 PV-1 Ventura This edition contains a misprint

This edition contains a misprint of pages 201-239 covering about 10 pages of the Scintilla chapter and most of the Friez test/recording instruments chapter

stock number R88-I-2065-727

This 60-page book published in 1970 covers the development and operational history of the Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber

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Shellback Certificate, US Langley Aircraft Carrier, 1936 PV-1 Ventura This edition contains a misprintThis is an original authentic Shellback Certificate from a crewman of the US Navy's first aircraft carrier US Langley dated May 1936. A tradition of navies around the world for hundreds of years was to 'baptize' ship's crew the first time they crossed the equator. This was a ceremony that was anticipated with excitement and dread by inexperienced crew, known as Pollywogs. The ceremony was replete with various rituals and 'hazing' meted upon the