MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...Bat eastern Solomons.jpg A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons causing minor damage This was the third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle The ...
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Keywords: USS enterprise-bomb hit-Bat eastern Solomons.jpg A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons causing minor damage This was the third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle The bomb was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 Val dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack <br> According to the original photo caption in the US Navy's archives this explosion killed the photographer Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F Read This image however was actually taken by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Marion Riley who was operating a motion picture camera from the aft end of the ship's island above the flight deck and who survived the battle although his photographic equipment was damaged The film Riley took that day and of which this still was extracted together with others and published in Life can be seen at this http //www youtube com/watch v kFXcnUtMT4A NR 1 Youtube link explosion at 03 05 Robert Read was stationed in the aft starboard 5 gun gallery and was killed by the second bomb to hit Enterprise The smoke from the bomb explosion that killed Read can be seen in the upper left of this photograph Source http //www cv6 org/1942/solomons/solomons_2 htm Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/cv6-a htm 80-G-17489 now in the collections of the National Archives 1942-08-24 USN en Image Robert fredric last photo jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 Bombing during World War II Battle of the Eastern Solomons Explosions
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