[Japanese aircraft attacking USS Cabot]

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Title

[Japanese aircraft attacking USS Cabot]

Description

Photograph of a Japanese aircraft attacking the USS Cabot (CVL-28), circa 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9). Aircraft on the Essex's deck are visible in the foreground.

Inscription on verso: "4-6-45 / Cabot / 4-6-45 / Near miss on Cabot (CVL) / Essex in foreground / Jap plane (circled above) as it burst into flame / 60 miles east of Okinawa."

Date

1945 circa

Extent

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

Language

English

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_097