[Kamikaze aircraft crashing near USS Astoria]

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Title

[Kamikaze aircraft crashing near USS Astoria]

Description

Photograph of kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Astoria (CL-90) during the Battle of Okinawa, circa 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).

Inscription on verso: "Kamakazi [sic] crashing next to U.S.S. Astoria (CL-90) / Okinawa campaign / Taken from U.S.S. Essex (CV-9)."

Date

1945 circa

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in

Language

English

Bibliographic Citation

The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_094