Bombs dropped from fast carrier-based planes of the U.S. Pacific Fleet score direct hits on two Japanese cargo vessels

Bombs dropped from fast carrier-based planes of the U.S. Pacific Fleet score direct hits on two Japanese cargo vessels

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Title:
Bombs dropped from fast carrier-based planes of the U.S. Pacific Fleet score direct hits on two Japanese cargo vessels
Creator:
United States. Navy
Name on Item:
Official U.S. Navy Photograph
Date:
October 9, 1944
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
American Legion Museum
Collection (local):
World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:
Campaigns & battles
Aerial bombings
Smoke
Cargo ships
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
Places:
Japan > Okinawa (island)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: File No: 5257 CinCpac 10/24/44 DIRECT HITS SCORED ON JAPANESE CARGO VESSELS - Bombs dropped from fast carrier-based planes of the U.S. Pacific Fleet score direct hits on two Japanese cargo vessels anchored off Okinawa Shima. Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers and Curtiss Helldivers sunk 12 enemy cargo vessels during the attack on the Ryukyu Islands 9 October 1944 (WLT), in addition to 14 ships listed as "probables."
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Identifier:
1-279