Crews aboard USS Enterprise controlling fires from a Japanese bomb that blew the forward elevator completely out of the ship, off Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945.

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Caption     Crews aboard USS Enterprise controlling fires from a Japanese bomb that blew the forward elevator completely out of the ship, off Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Pacific Ocean
Date 14 May 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation WH Balden Collection
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 883 x 689 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
8 Aug 2015 09:14:11 PM

Note the large deck number painted on the forward flight deck – upside down. This number is aligned correctly for a ‘9’ but wrong way around for the ‘6’ that should appear on the Enterprise. Wasp (Essex-class) also had her ‘18’ bow number applied upside down for several weeks and Yorktown (Essex-class) briefly had her bow ‘10’ painted upside down.

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