| Caption | G4M aircraft moments before crashing into the sea, off Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Feb 1942; she was shot down by F4F-2 fighters of USS Lexington ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | |||||||
| Identification Code | 1996.488.161.009 | |||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
| Added Date | 31 Oct 2011 | |||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | |||||||
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