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Sunfish shortly after launch, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 May 1942, photo 2 of 2	Destroyer USS Shaw ready to be undocked from Drydock No. 1 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States after being fitted with a new bow section, 3 May 1942.

Air Marshal Peter Drummond, Minister of Sate in the Middle East Richard Casey, and Air Marshal Arthur Tedder, Cairo, Egypt, 4 May 1942	Japanese destroyer Yuzuki departing Tulagi harbor, Solomon Islands during an American air attack, 4 May 1942

One SBD Dauntless and five TBD-1 Devastator aircraft prepared to take off from Enterprise, South Pacific, 4 May 1942	SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight back to USS Yorktown after an attack on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 4 May 1942

TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Torpedo Squadron 6 landing on Enterprise, 4 May 1942.	Biscayne off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 7 May 1942

D3A Type 99 dive bomber of either Shokaku or Zuikaku in flight, either en route to attack Neosho and Sims in morning or returning from failed scouting mission in afternoon, Battle of Coral Sea, 7 May	F5 photo reconnaissance aircraft on an airstrip at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, 7 May 1942; note C-47 transport aircraft in background

Shoho burning as she was attacked by aircraft, Battle of Coral Sea, 7 May 1942; note TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber faintly visible to the right of splash	Shoho burning during Battle of Coral Sea, photographed by a torpedo bomber pilot from Yorktown, 7 May 1942

Shoho burning during Battle of Coral Sea, photographed by a torpedo bomber pilot from Yorktown, 7 May 1942; note the faint outline of a TBD-1 in bottom half of photo	Shoho heavily damaged, late afternoon of 7 May 1942

Shoho torpedoed, photographed by pilot from Lexington, Battle of Coral Sea, 7 May 1942	Shoho under attack, 7 May 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber visible against the smoke

A bomb hole on Yorktown's flight deck, viewed from underneath, 8 May 1942	A destroyer pulled beside Lexington to help evacuate the men, 8 May 1942

A hole created by a bomb exploding beneath decks in Yorktown between compartments C-301-L and C-402-A, 8 May 1942	A whaleboat and a motor launch evacuated Lexington, 8 May 1942; TBD, SBD and F4F aircraft could be seen on the flight deck