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Fires burning aboard HMS Formidable after being stuck by Japanese special attack aircraft, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945HMS Formidable burning after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in the Pacific Ocean off Sakishima Islands, Japan, 4 May 1945HMS Formidable crewmen starting to remove the wreckage of Japanese special attack aircraft from the flight deck, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945Wreckage of the Japanese special attack aircraft that crashed into HMS Formidable in the Pacific Ocean off Sakishima Islands, Japan, 4 May 1945
Fires burning aboard HMS Formidable after being stuck by Japanese special attack aircraft, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945HMS Formidable burning after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in the Pacific Ocean off Sakishima Islands, Japan, 4 May 1945HMS Formidable crewmen starting to remove the wreckage of Japanese special attack aircraft from the flight deck, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945Wreckage of the Japanese special attack aircraft that crashed into HMS Formidable in the Pacific Ocean off Sakishima Islands, Japan, 4 May 1945
F4U-1D Corsair on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill off Okinawa, 6 May 1945Damage aboard HMS Formidable after being struck by Japanese special attack aircraft, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945Carrier Bunker Hill burning after first special attack, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945Carrier USS Bunker Hill burning after the second special attack off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945
F4U-1D Corsair on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill off Okinawa, 6 May 1945Damage aboard HMS Formidable after being struck by Japanese special attack aircraft, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945Carrier Bunker Hill burning after first special attack, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945Carrier USS Bunker Hill burning after the second special attack off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945
The USS Bunker Hill, already burning from one special attack aircraft, is struck by another off Okinawa, 11 May 1945. Note cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre at left.The USS Bunker Hill, burning from two special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Okinawa, 11 May 1945. Note cruiser Wilkes-Barre at extreme left and carrier Randolph at right.The USS Bunker Hill, burning from two special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Okinawa, is assisted by cruiser Pasadena, 11 May 1945.The USS Bunker Hill, burning from two special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Okinawa, is assisted by destroyer Charles S Perry and cruiser Wilkes-Barre, 11 May 1945.
The USS Bunker Hill, already burning from one special attack aircraft, is struck by another off Okinawa, 11 May 1945. Note cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre at left.The USS Bunker Hill, burning from two special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Okinawa, 11 May 1945. Note cruiser Wilkes-Barre at extreme left and carrier Randolph at right.The USS Bunker Hill, burning from two special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Okinawa, is assisted by cruiser Pasadena, 11 May 1945.The USS Bunker Hill, burning from two special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Okinawa, is assisted by destroyer Charles S Perry and cruiser Wilkes-Barre, 11 May 1945.
Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher (front row center) and his Fifth Fleet staff photographed on the hangar deck of USS Enterprise on the occasion of coming aboard, 11 May 1945. Note Commodore Arleigh Burke next to Mitscher.Wreckage of Kiyoshi OgawaUSS New Mexico hit by a special attack aircraft at dusk off Okinawa, Japan, 12 May 1945; photo taken from cruiser USS WichitaFatalities of a special attack on USS New Mexico on the prior day, 13 May 1945
Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher (front row center) and his Fifth Fleet staff photographed on the hangar deck of USS Enterprise on the occasion of coming aboard, 11 May 1945. Note Commodore Arleigh Burke next to Mitscher.Wreckage of Kiyoshi Ogawa's aircraft after his special attack on USS Bunker Hill, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945USS New Mexico hit by a special attack aircraft at dusk off Okinawa, Japan, 12 May 1945; photo taken from cruiser USS WichitaFatalities of a special attack on USS New Mexico on the prior day, 13 May 1945
A6M Zero, damaged by concentrated anti-aircraft fire, diving on USS Essex, 14 May 1945An A6M Zero special attack aircraft crashed through the flight deck of USS Enterprise and lodged in the forward elevator pit. 250kg bomb exploded and propelled the elevator several hundred feet in the air, 14 May 1945As seen from the USS Essex, the USS Enterprise burns furiously after a Japanese Special Attack aircraft struck the carrier at the forward elevator off Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945As seen from the USS Hornet (Essex-class) anti-aircraft shells burst above the USS Bennington southeast of Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945. Note Hornet’s F6F Hellcats in the foreground.
A6M Zero, damaged by concentrated anti-aircraft fire, diving on USS Essex, 14 May 1945An A6M Zero special attack aircraft crashed through the flight deck of USS Enterprise and lodged in the forward elevator pit. 250kg bomb exploded and propelled the elevator several hundred feet in the air, 14 May 1945As seen from the USS Essex, the USS Enterprise burns furiously after a Japanese Special Attack aircraft struck the carrier at the forward elevator off Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945As seen from the USS Hornet (Essex-class) anti-aircraft shells burst above the USS Bennington southeast of Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945. Note Hornet’s F6F Hellcats in the foreground.

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