Image: SBDs and Mikuma

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Description: U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" dive bombers from scouting squadron VS-8 from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser en:Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Note bombs hung beneath the SBDs.
Title: SBDs and Mikuma
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-17054; U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: HD-SN-99-02631; originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Author: U.S. Navy; The original uploader was Palm dogg at English Wikipedia, 2006-01-30 (first version); 2006-02-14 (last version)
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