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80-G-312023 Battle of Midway, June 1942

Photo #: 80-G-312023 Battle of Midway, June 1942
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Title: Battle of Midway, June 1942
Description: Scene in the hangar of USS Yorktown (CV-5), 4 June 1942, shortly after fires there from Japanese bomb hits had been extinguished. This rather fuzzy time exposure looks directly aft, with the sloping inner uptake sides at left. One bomb, which detonated on the flight deck just aft of the midships aircraft elevator, set fires in the area seen in the left distance. Note fire hoses on deck, and spare TBD-1 Devastator torpedo plane (with obsolete markings) hung under the hangar overhead. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-312023
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