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English: Japanese ships off Okinawa under attack by U.S. carrier aircraft of Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8), in October 1944. CVG-8 operated from the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17).
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Bunker Hill 1943-1944 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current19:29, 25 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 19:29, 25 January 20191,299 × 823 (503 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Japanese ships off Okinawa under attack by U.S. carrier aircraft of Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8), in September 1944. the crew is abandoning ship. CVG-8 operated from the aircraft carrier USS ''Bunker Hill'' (CV-17).}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv17-44/186.htm] from the [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv17-44/index_004.htm USS ''Bunker Hill'' 1943-1944 cruise book] available at [http://navysite.de/c...

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