File:Aerial view of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi maneuvering on 4 June 1942 (USAF-57576).jpg

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English: The Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi and a destroyer (probably Nowaki) maneuvering below thin clouds while under high-level bombing attack by U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress bombers, shortly after 0800 hrs, 4 June 1942. No aircraft are visible on her flight deck and her forward elevator is in the down position. Akagi launched fighters at 0808 hrs and 0832 hrs. The photo was probably shortly taken after the 0808 hrs launch.
Depicted place Battle of Midway
Date 4 June 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-06-04T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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USAF-57576
Source U.S. Army Air Forces photo USAF-57576

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current15:13, 23 January 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:13, 23 January 20155,430 × 4,329 (5.23 MB)Cobatforhigher resolution NHHC photo
15:15, 29 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 15:15, 29 October 2005740 × 600 (240 KB)IgiveupBattle of Midway, June 1942 Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942. The diorama was created du
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