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Caption | Japanese pilot Shigeyuki Sato in a D3A dive bomber plunging toward USS Hornet during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942; note B5N torpedo bomber in level flight and splash from anti-aircraft shell burst in front of Hornet ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Date | 26 Oct 1942 | ||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-211215 | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
Photo Size | 1,831 x 1,479 pixels |
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