Japanese Suicide Pilot Tries to Dive on U.S. Warship
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Japanese Suicide Pilot Tries to Dive on U.S. Warship
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: CINCPAC-POA AH-01110 RELEASED: 28 April 1945/
JAP SUICIDE PILOT TRIES TO DIVE ON U.S. WARSHIP-- Suicide-bent, this pilot/ of a Japanese "Zeke" (Zero) plane (upper center) desperately tries to maneuver/ his plane on to the deck of a U.S. Pacific Fleet warship. In this remarkable/ photograph, the cameraman catches the plane in his lens just before it ends its/ unsuccessful attack crashing into the sea./
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"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection 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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
JAP SUICIDE PILOT TRIES TO DIVE ON U.S. WARSHIP-- Suicide-bent, this pilot/ of a Japanese "Zeke" (Zero) plane (upper center) desperately tries to maneuver/ his plane on to the deck of a U.S. Pacific Fleet warship. In this remarkable/ photograph, the cameraman catches the plane in his lens just before it ends its/ unsuccessful attack crashing into the sea./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection 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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
