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Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deckBritish cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall burning during the Indian Ocean Raid, 5 Apr 1942; photo taken from a Japanese aircraft
Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deckBritish cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall burning during the Indian Ocean Raid, 5 Apr 1942; photo taken from a Japanese aircraft
D3A dive bomber taking off from carrier Akagi, Indian Ocean, 5 Apr 1942HMS Hermes sinking off Ceylon, 9 Apr 1942; photo taken from a Japanese aircraft
D3A dive bomber taking off from carrier Akagi, Indian Ocean, 5 Apr 1942HMS Hermes sinking off Ceylon, 9 Apr 1942; photo taken from a Japanese aircraft
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F6F-5 Hellcat with Fighting Squadron VF-82 preparing for a catapult launch from USS Bennington in the Western Pacific, Feb 1945. Note the arrowhead geometrics that identify the plane as coming from the Bennington.


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