File:SBDs and Mikuma.jpg
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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. |
| Date | 6 June 1942 |
| Source | 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; Original uploader was Palm dogg at en.wikipedia, 2006-01-30 (first version); 2006-02-14 (last version) |
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- 2006-02-14 18:23 Palm dogg 740×590×8 (155491 bytes)
- 2006-01-30 17:00 Palm dogg 740×610×8 (156138 bytes) Caption: [[SBD]] "Dauntless" dive bombers from [[USS Hornet (CV-8)]] approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser [[Mikuma]] to make the third set of attacks on her, during the Battle of Midway. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and [[U
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