Japanese bomber attacking U.S. aircraft carrier near Truk Islands in February 1944
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"File No: (BUAER 231203). Jap [Japanese]'Jill'Attacks carrier - Jap [Japanese] torpedo bomber "Jill"'flying through hail of AA fire toward a U.S. carrier to attack, during the raid on Truk, Caroline Islands. (This is Print No. 58 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit 'Power in the Pacific' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)'-'Official U.S. Navy Photograph".' Chuuk, Truk Islands. Pacific Ocean. February 1944
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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Truk
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Air warfare--Pacific Ocean
Bombers--Japanese--Micronesia