File:Burning Japanese aircraft wreckage during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) steams past the burning wreckage of two Japanese Aichi D3A dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942. The two bombers and their bombs barely missed the ship. The photo was taken by Photographer's Mate Robert F. Read who was killed shortly after taking this photo by the second bomb to hit the "Big E".
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from cv6.org
Author Photographer's Mate Robert F. Read, U.S. Navy

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current15:28, 24 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:28, 24 May 2006600 × 466 (41 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/usna-img-z--1200017. Image from US National Archives. Photo was taken by Photographer's Mate Robert F. Read who was killed shortly after taking this photo by the second bomb to hit ''Enterprise'' on Aug 2

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