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Description: An Aichi D3A Type 99 dive bomber takes off from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi to attack British warships during the Indian Ocean Raid on 5 April 1942. The aircraft belongs to a section leader (shōtaichō), which is indicated by the single horizontal stripe underneath the tail code. The single vertical red stripe around the rear end of fuselage is Akagi identifier.
Title: Akagi Aichi D3A Indian Ocean raid
Credit: Werneth, Ron, Beyond Pearl Harbor: The Untold Stories of Japan's Naval Airmen, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, PA, 2008, p. 20. Book states that the photo is from the Wenger Collection.
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