File:Dutch destroyer under air attack off Banka in 1942.jpg

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A warship under Japanese air attack during the Dutch East Indies campaign, 1942.

Original caption: "A Dutch destroyer in the Banka Sea in it’s last moments as it is subjected to a concentrated bombing attack". This may be the destroyer Van Nes, escorting the troop transport ship Sloet van Beele. Both ships were sunk by aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō off Banka on 17 February 1942.
Date circa 17 February 1942
date QS:P,+1942-02-17T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-178995 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
Camera location3° 27′ 00″ S, 106° 38′ 00″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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  1. It was published before 1 January 1957.
  2. It was photographed before 1 January 1947.
It is also in the public domain in the United States because its copyright in Japan expired by 1970 and was not restored by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
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