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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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikuma" class="extiw" title="en:Mikuma">en:Mikuma</a> 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.
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current | 01:49, 5 January 2017 | 800 × 615 (341 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" dive bombers from scouting squadron VS-8 from the aircraft carrier USS <i>Hornet</i> (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikuma" class="extiw" title="en:Mikuma">en:Mikuma</a> to make the third set of attacks on her, during the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942. <i>Mikuma</i> had been hit earlier by strikes from <i>Hornet</i> and USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Note bombs hung beneath the SBDs. |
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