File:Japanese carrier Shokaku under attack at Coral Sea 1942.jpg
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Bombs burst near the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku as she was attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes in the morning of 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Flames from a bomb hit on her forecastle are visible, as are smoke and splashes from dive bombers' near misses off her starboard side. Photographed from a Torpedo Squadron Five Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photographs 80-G-17422, 80-G-17430 and 80-G-17431, now in the collections of the National Archives [1]. |
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