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Photo #: 80-G-32249 Battle of Midway, June 1942 The Japanese carrier Hiryu's Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft fly through anti-aircraft shell bursts while closing on USS Yorktown (CV-5) to deliver a torpedo attack, during the mid-afternoon of 4 June 1942. Photographed from USS Pensacola (CA-24). At least three Japanese aircraft are visible in this image, in a shallow arc from near the left side to below and right of the camera aiming cross. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 570 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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24 March 1999