Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands Photographs

115 items in this album on 6 pages.


Wounded by aircraft gunfire, Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Clifton R. Bassett of VB-3 was carried down the flight deck of Enterprise, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Wounded by aircraft gunfire, Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Clifton R. Bassett of VB-3 was carried down the flight deck of Enterprise, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Yorktown burning after hit by three Japanese bombs, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown burning and listing, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, before the ship was abandoned

Yorktown dead in the water, about 1300, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown dead in the water, escorted by destroyer Russell, 1330, 4 Jun 1942; two SBD-3 scout bombers flew overhead

Yorktown laid a screen of anti-aircraft fire against Japanese torpedo bombers, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown listing heavily after abandonment, 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown listing to port after receiving the second torpedo hit, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown stopped after receiving bombs, seen from cruiser Astoria, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown stopped and burning, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown under attack by dive bombers, seen from cruiser Portland, 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown's crew attempted to repair the bomb hole on the flight deck, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown's hangar deck just after fire was extinguished, 4 Jun 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber hanging overhead

Close-up view of the Mogami-class cruiser Mikuma during the Battle of Midway, showing damage, Jun 1942; photo was taken by a US Navy pilot.	Damaged ship at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 5 Jun 1942

Hiryu burning, photographed by a plane of carrier Hosho, 5 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Hiryu burning, photographed by a plane of carrier Hosho, 5 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Injured US airmen being taken on a stretcher out of a PBY Catalina aircraft, Midway Atoll, 4-6 Jun 1942	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown