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Two D3A1 carrier dive bombers from Junyo over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, between 1800 and 1900 hours on 4 Jun 1942D3A dive bomber in flight over Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, summer 1942
Two D3A1 carrier dive bombers from Junyo over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, between 1800 and 1900 hours on 4 Jun 1942D3A dive bomber in flight over Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, summer 1942
Akimoto Tamotsu and Koitabashi Hiroshi flying their D3A carrier dive bomber (foreground) returning to carrier Shokaku after attacking USS Enterprise during Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942Japanese D3A dive bomber being shot down over USS Enterprise during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942
Akimoto Tamotsu and Koitabashi Hiroshi flying their D3A carrier dive bomber (foreground) returning to carrier Shokaku after attacking USS Enterprise during Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942Japanese D3A dive bomber being shot down over USS Enterprise during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942
A D3A1 dive bomber about to crash into the sea near USS San Diego, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942; seen in 15 Apr 1943 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation NewsJapanese 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
A D3A1 dive bomber about to crash into the sea near USS San Diego, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942; seen in 15 Apr 1943 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation NewsJapanese 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
D3A2 dive bomber in flight, circa 1940sD3A2 dive bombers at rest at an airfield, circa 1940s
D3A2 dive bomber in flight, circa 1940sD3A2 dive bombers at rest at an airfield, circa 1940s
D3A2 dive bombers in flight, 1942-1943Mechanics performing maintenance on a D3A dive bomber, 1940s
D3A2 dive bombers in flight, 1942-1943Mechanics performing maintenance on a D3A dive bomber, 1940s
Wreckage of a D3A dive bomber in the Gilbert Islands, late 1943; US souvenir hunters were most likely the reason for the missing fuselage panelsUS Marines wading past wreckage of a D3A dive bomber, Agat beachhead, Guam, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
Wreckage of a D3A dive bomber in the Gilbert Islands, late 1943; US souvenir hunters were most likely the reason for the missing fuselage panelsUS Marines wading past wreckage of a D3A dive bomber, Agat beachhead, Guam, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
Wreck of D3A Type 99 carrier dive bomber at Agat beachhead, Guam, Mariana Islands, possibly shot down by naval gunfire during or after the landings; photo taken on 28 Jul 1944A modern replica of D3A dive bomber in flight, 27 Apr 1986
Wreck of D3A Type 99 carrier dive bomber at Agat beachhead, Guam, Mariana Islands, possibly shot down by naval gunfire during or after the landings; photo taken on 28 Jul 1944A modern replica of D3A dive bomber in flight, 27 Apr 1986
D3A1 replica dive bomber in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018TBF Avenger torpedo bomber and D3A1 replica dive bomber in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018
D3A1 replica dive bomber in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018TBF Avenger torpedo bomber and D3A1 replica dive bomber in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018

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