A Navy Curtiss Helldiver (SB2C) is snapped against the background provided by its carrier as it returns from a strike at Jap shipping. Far below other planes are being spotted on the flight deck to which the SB2C will soon return.
- Date
- c. 1945
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,000 × 2,385 pixels
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"A Navy Curtiss Helldiver (SB2C) is snapped against the background provided by its carrier as it returns from a strike at Jap shipping. Far below other planes are being spotted on the flight deck to which the SB2C will soon return." (c. 1945). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Navy_Curtiss_Helldiver_(SB2C)_is_snapped_against_the_background_provided_by_its_carrier_as_it_returns_from_a_strike..._-_NARA_-_520677.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 4982.
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