Japanese A6M2 Zero fighter flying above a shot-down US fighter, near Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken by a B-17 bomber crew

Caption     Japanese A6M2 Zero fighter flying above a shot-down US fighter, near Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken by a B-17 bomber crew ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Identification Code   1996.488.029.004
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Ewa Marine Corps Air Station   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 3,780 x 3,057 pixels
Photos on Same Day 7 Dec 1941
Photos at Same Place Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Anonymous says:
24 Jan 2018 04:59:47 PM

I well remember "Pearl Harbor

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