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Photo #: 80-G-16638 Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
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Description: Japanese Type 97 Shipboard Attack Plane (Kate torpedo bomber) is hit by anti-aircraft fire during attacks on the U.S. aircraft carriers, late in the morning of 8 May 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-16638
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