File:Japanese Aerial Raid in World War II.jpg

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Description 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.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-17066 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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