[A Japanese bomber airplane exploding into the Pacific Ocean]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[A Japanese bomber airplane exploding into the Pacific Ocean]
1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 3/8 × 8 13/16 in. (18.7 × 22.4 cm)
Overall: 8 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.8 × 25.5 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed on verso, TC: C[illegible]CPAC-POA AH-01101 RELEASED: 22 APRIL 1945 \ SCRATCH ONE [illegible]EATBALL - A huge splash marks the end of a twin-engined \ Japanese bomber as it plunges into the sea. The [illegible]ip plane was hit and set \ affire by anti-aircraft gunners aboard the Essex-type carrier as the plane \ appearently was starting a suicide dive against a smaller carrier in a U. S. \ Task Force in the Pacific. \ (This is No. 3 of a 3-picture series. See file no's. AH-01099 AND AH-01100.)
stamped on verso, RT: [illegible]
printed on verso, BC: 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 a District Public \ Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights \ of the personnel portrayed.
inscribed on verso, BC: 5818
stamped on verso, RT: [illegible]
printed on verso, BC: 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 a District Public \ Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights \ of the personnel portrayed.
inscribed on verso, BC: 5818
