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80-G-455702 Carrier Operations off Japan, August 1945

Photo #: 80-G-455702 Carrier Operations off Japan, August 1945
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Title: Carrier Operations off Japan, August 1945
Description: (right) A Japanese aircraft is shot down just off the starboard bow of USS Wasp (CV-18), during operations off Honshu, Japan, 9 August 1945. Two Fletcher class destroyers are in the foreground. Photographed from USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), the image includes two frames, showing the scene just before and after the crash. The original caption identifies the aircraft as a Grace (Aichi B7A2). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-455702
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