[A Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft named "Jill" flying over U.S. aircraft carrier]

[A Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft named "Jill" flying over U.S. aircraft carrier]

Photograph

[A Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft named "Jill" flying over U.S. aircraft carrier]

ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.6 × 24.2 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0254
Inscriptions printed on verso, TC: File No. 231206 \ JAP "JILL" ATTACKS CARRIER - Jap torpedo bomber "Jill" passing over bow of a U. S. aircraft \ carrier during attacks on the ship during the raid on Truk, Caroline Islands. \ (This is Print No. 68 in the U. S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)
printed on verso, LC: WATCH YOUR CREDIT \ "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" \ The Navy Department has no objections to the use of this photograph in commercial \ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to \ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT, \ WASHINGTON D.C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However it has no \ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
written in pencil, RT: B[illegible] A[illegible] 231206
written in pencil, BC: 5818
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