SB2C-3 Helldiver from USS Hornet (Essex-class) overflying burning tanker Kyokuun Maru heading for the beach in French Indochina (Vietnam) north of Qui Nhon after being attacked by 175 USN carrier planes, Jan 12, 1945

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Caption     SB2C-3 Helldiver from USS Hornet (Essex-class) overflying burning tanker Kyokuun Maru heading for the beach in French Indochina (Vietnam) north of Qui Nhon after being attacked by 175 USN carrier planes, Jan 12, 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Qui Nhon, Annam, French Indochina
Date 12 Jan 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via USS Hornet
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,200 x 882 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
23 Feb 2015 09:05:51 PM

My Dad was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bombing attack on this ship during this engagement (flying a TBM Avenger).
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
12 Jan 2020 12:52:07 PM

Note also the absence of the oversized propeller spinner usually fitted to the SB2C Helldivers during this period.

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WW2-Era Location Name:
Qui Nhon, Annam, French Indochina

Latitude-Longitude:
14.3333, 109.1667

Foto Aleatória

Zhou Enlai, George Marshall, Zhu De, Zhang Zhizhong, and Mao Zedong, Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China, Mar 1946

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