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80-G-11639 Battle of Midway, June 1942

Photo #: 80-G-11639  Battle of Midway, June 1942
Title: Battle of Midway, June 1942
Description: Japanese Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft from the carrier Hiryu amid heavy anti-aircraft fire, during the torpedo attack on USS Yorktown (CV-5) in the mid-afternoon, 4 June 1942. At least three planes are visible, the nearest clearly having already dropped its torpedo. The other two are lower and closer to the center, apparently withdrawing. Smoke on the horizon in right center is from a crashed plane. It is possible that the object very close to the horizon, in center, is another attacking aircraft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-11639
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