Image:SBDs and Mikuma.jpg

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Summary

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 USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Photo was enlarged from a 16mm colour motion picture film. Note bombs hung beneath these planes.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g10000/g17054t.jpg

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