File:Shokaku under attack 8 May 1942B.jpg
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English: The Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the Battle of Coral Sea, on the morning of 8 May 1942. Flames from a bomb hit on her forecastle are visible, as are smoke and splashes from dive bombers' near misses off her starboard side. Photographed from a Torpedo Squadron Five Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. What appear to be erratic torpedo tracks are visible in the lower left. |
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| Source | Official US Navy photograph 80-G-17030; also U.S. Museum of Naval Aviation photo 1996.488.037.012 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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| current | 17:56, 23 January 2015 | | 5,220 × 4,425 (6.6 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | high resolution NHHC photo |
| 15:01, 11 March 2011 |  | 740 × 542 (159 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | caption bar cropped | |
| 03:32, 5 November 2008 |  | 740 × 595 (55 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Photo #: 80-G-17030 Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942 Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Flames from a bomb hit on her forecastle are visible, as are |
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