| Caption | Â Â Â | An A6M Zero special attack aircraft crashed through the flight deck of USS Enterprise and lodged in the forward elevator pit. 250kg bomb exploded and propelled the elevator several hundred feet in the air, 14 May 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | |||||||||||
| Identification Code | Â Â Â | 80-G-323565 | |||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 14 May 1945 | |||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Pacific Ocean | |||||||||||
| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
| Added Date | Â | 23 Jun 2014 | |||||||||||
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| Licensing | Â | 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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