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80-G-33947 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942

Photo #: 80-G-33947  Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
Title: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
Description: A Japanese Type 99 shipboard bomber (Allied codename Val) trails smoke as it dives toward USS Hornet (CV-8), during the morning of 26 October 1942. This plane struck the ship's stack and then her flight deck. A Type 97 shipboard attack plane (Kate) is flying over Hornet after dropping its torpedo, and another Val is off her bow. Note anti-aircraft shell burst between Hornet and the camera, with its fragments striking the water nearby. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-33947
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