Japanese ships under attack at Kwajalein on 4 December 1943
Strike photograph taken from a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5) showing an attack against Japanese shipping at Kwajalein Atoll on 4 December 1943. VT-5 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10).
- Date
- 1943-12-04
- Photographer / author
- U.S. Navy
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,791 × 1,231 pixels
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