
Caption | Activity continues on the flight deck of USS Essex as a crashed Japanese airplane burns off the starboard bow, 24 Oct 1944 off Luzon in the Philippines. Note Number 1 5-inch/38 caliber gun mount at right. ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 24 Oct 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||||
Added Date | 23 Jun 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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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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