[Aichi D3A aircraft in flight above crash site]

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Identifier2007-08-08_image_137SourceThe Lee R. Embree Collection (2007-08-08), Box 2, Folder 3CreatorUnited States. Army. Air CorpsEmbree, Lee R., 1915-2008DescriptionPhotograph of two Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi D3A aircraft in flight above a crash site near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Smoke rises from the site.
Inscription: "(12-7-1941 - 8:30A) - A.C. photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."

Inscription on verso: "Hickam Field, Hawaii."

Typed caption glued to verso of duplicate photo: "#4--Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941. The same two Japanese aircraft as shown in photo #3 appeared under our left wing, diving and flying in the opposite direction. A third aircraft was in front of them, which I saw crash & burn. It was not possible to identify the third aircraft, however, I did manage to take this photo. I learned later that we were very low on fuel by now, so we had to land on this final approach and we did. This photo and #3, are said to be the first aerial photographs by the United States, at the start of our involvement in WWII. Photo by---S/Sgt. Lee R. Embree, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAC."Creation Date1941-12-07SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945United States. Army. Air CorpsPearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941Aichi D3A Val (Navy Type 99 Carrier Bomber)Airplanes, MilitaryJapan. KaigunJapan. Imperial NavyHickam Air Force Base (Hawaii)Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)PlaceHawaiiUnited StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Lee R. Embree Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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