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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-31349 Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 A Japanese Type 99 carrier bomber (a type later code-named "Val") burns as it is shot down directly over USS Enterprise (CV-6). Note radar antenna atop the carrier's foremast, and anti-aircraft shell bursts overhead. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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12 November 2001