File:Japanese carrier shoho attacked by torpedo planes 1942.jpg

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Description The Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo plane is visible against the smoke in the center of the view.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-17015 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author USN (photographed from a USS Lexington (CV-2) plane)

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