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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-366983

Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944


USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) is near-missed by a Japanese bomb, during the air attacks of 19 June 1944.
The Japanese plane, with its tail shot off, is about to crash, at left.
Photographed from USS Monterey (CVL-26).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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5 June 2000