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Photo #: 80-G-33947 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942 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. Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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3 May 1999