File:Mitsubishi G4M1 bombers attack the invasion force between Guadalcanal and Tulagi on 8 August 1942 (80-G-17066).jpg

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English: Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack planes (Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty") fly low through anti-aircraft gunfire during a torpedo attack on U.S. Navy ships maneuvering between Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the morning of 8 August 1942. Note that these planes are being flown without bomb-bay doors as they were carrying torpedoes. Of 23 attacking bombers, 17 were shot down, and one later crashed. They hit one destroyer and one aircraft crashed into a transport.

Depicted place

Ironbottom Sound

Date

8 August 1942

Collection

Naval History & Heritage Command

	Parent institution	United States Department of the Navy
	Location	Washington Navy Yard
	Established	1944
	Website	www.history.navy.mil
	Authority file	: Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat

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80-G-17066

Source

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-17066

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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID 80-G-17066.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:58, 17 January 2019	3,600 × 2,816 (1,003 KB)	Hohum (talk \| contribs)	Higher quality
	16:40, 23 November 2012	739 × 563 (245 KB)	Cobatfor (talk \| contribs)	cleaned
	22:44, 8 March 2008	740 × 580 (90 KB)	Mbdortmund (talk \| contribs)
	16:26, 24 July 2006	740 × 600 (100 KB)	Cla68 (talk \| contribs)	"Betty" bombers attack Allied transport ships with torpedoes off Guadalcanal on August 8, 1942. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/guadlcnl/guadlcnl.htm. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Ph
	15:53, 24 July 2006	640 × 340 (39 KB)	Cla68 (talk \| contribs)	Japanese "Betty" bombers attack Allied transport ships with torpedoes off Guadalcanal on August 8, 1942. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Solomons/USN-CN-Solomons-19.html