["Jill" Attacks Carrier - Through a furious hail of AA fire, a Japanese torpedo bomber "Jill" flies toward a U.S. carrier to attack, during a task force raid on Truk, enemy-held bastion in the Carolines.]

["Jill" Attacks Carrier - Through a furious hail of AA fire, a Japanese torpedo bomber "Jill" flies toward a U.S. carrier to attack, during a task force raid on Truk, enemy-held bastion in the Carolines.]

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Unidentified

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U.S. Navy

["Jill" Attacks Carrier - Through a furious hail of AA fire, a Japanese torpedo bomber "Jill" flies toward a U.S. carrier to attack, during a task force raid on Truk, enemy-held bastion in the Carolines.]

1944
Gelatin silver print
27.2 x 34.3 cm.
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0743
Inscriptions verso-(in pencil) "Buaer 231202"
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