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Description LC-USZ62-99391: Battle of Midway, June 1942. SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Photo was enlarged from a 16mm color motion picture film. Note bombs hung beneath these planes. Image also exists at the National Archives as 80-G-17054. (7/2/2015).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/19202423000 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

10 July 2018

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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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current18:26, 10 July 2018Thumbnail for version as of 18:26, 10 July 20181,487 × 1,082 (190 KB)Hiàn (alt) (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons