Two North American B-25's churn the water with hits and near misses on a Japanese frigate in the March 29, 1945 attack which cost the Japs nine ships, South China Sea – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Two North American B-25's churn the water with hits and near misses on a Japanese frigate in the March 29, 1945 attack which cost the Japs nine ships, South China Sea comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Two North American B-25's churn the water with hits and near misses on a Japanese frigate in the March 29, 1945 attack which cost the Japs nine ships, South China Sea
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Two North American B-25 Mitchell bombers are shown churning the water around a Japanese frigate, with bombs bursting in hits and near misses during the March 29, 1945, attack in the South China Sea. The caption credits the raid with sinking nine Japanese ships. By 1945, Allied air forces had largely dominated Japanese coastal shipping, and the B-25 was a versatile medium bomber that low-level attack crews used against vessels, often skip-bombing at close range. The photograph comes from the Ira Clarence Eaker Collection, which preserves material tied to Eaker's long career in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
| Created / published | 1945 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Photograph by U.S. Army A.A.F. No. 58062 AC. Title transcribed from item. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection. |
| Subjects | Mitchell bomber--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--South China Sea. Bombers--American--South China Sea--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,125 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163677 |
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