Jap torpedo bomber explodes in air after direct hit by 5 inch shell from U.S. aircraft carrier as it attempted an unsuccessful attack on carrier, off Kwajalein.
- Date
- 1943-12
- Photographer / author
- Photo by Chief Photographers Mate Alfred N. Coopermann, USN
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,465 × 3,000 pixels
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"Jap torpedo bomber explodes in air after direct hit by 5 inch shell from U.S. aircraft carrier as it attempted an unsuccessful attack on carrier, off Kwajalein." (1943-12). Photo by Chief Photographers Mate Alfred N. Coopermann, USN. U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jap_torpedo_bomber_explodes_in_air_after_direct_hit_by_5_inch_shell_from_U.S._aircraft_carrier_as_it_attempted_an..._-_NARA_-_520751.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 5049.
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