[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft dropping bombs over Aomori Japan]

Photograph of U.S. Navy General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft dropping bombs over Aomori Japan, July 15, 1945.

Inscription on verso: "Radar drop through a solid overcast on Aomori, Japan / 7/15/1945."

Crossed-out inscription on verso: "July 15 1945 / Tsugaru Straits area, Northern Honshu / Clouds right down to surface. Dropped bombs by radar. Probably only time done by carrier planes in WWII."

Caption on album page: "Radar drop through a solid overcast on Aomori, Japan / July 15, 1945."

Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.