File:Yorktown SBD over Lae.jpg

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English: United States Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft of squadron VS-5 from the carrier Yorktown during the attack on Japanese shipping off of Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea. Below the two aircraft are the Japanese transports Ten'yo Maru, Kokai Maru, and Kongo Maru. Ten'yo Maru and Kongo Maru were sunk in the subsequent air attack.
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Source Scanned from book: Cressman, Robert (2004), That Gallant Ship USS Yorktown (CV-5), Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, p. 74. Naval Historical image #95431
Author PhoM2c Walter C. Goldie

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