File:Kate Shokaku crashed.jpg
Summary
Japanese Type 97 Shipboard Attack Aircraft ("Kate")
Wrecked on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indispensable_Reefs" class="extiw" title="en:Indispensable Reefs">Indispensable Reef</a>, at the time it was inspected by a Patrol Squadron 71 crew, 9 June 1942. The plane is from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku and bears the tail marking "EI-306". The aircraft was one of two that sighted the US Navy ships Neosho (oiler) and Sims (destroyer) on May 7 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Running low on fuel, the aircraft ditched on the reef and the crew was rescued by a Japanese destroyer the same day.
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| current | 12:48, 5 January 2017 | | 740 × 595 (78 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Japanese Type 97 Shipboard Attack Aircraft ("Kate") </p> <p>Wrecked on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indispensable_Reefs" class="extiw" title="en:Indispensable Reefs">Indispensable Reef</a>, at the time it was inspected by a Patrol Squadron 71 crew, 9 June 1942. The plane is from the Japanese aircraft carrier <i>Shokaku</i> and bears the tail marking "EI-306". The aircraft was one of two that sighted the US Navy ships <i>Neosho</i> (oiler) and <i>Sims</i> (destroyer) on May 7 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Running low on fuel, the aircraft ditched on the reef and the crew was rescued by a Japanese destroyer the same day. </p> |
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