Image:SantaCruzEHornetWildcat.jpg

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Description

A Hornet Wildcat which had landed on Enterprise slides across the flight deck as Enterprise maneuvers violently under aerial attack on October 26, 1942. Two crewmen are in defensive posture on the deck and the ship appears to be burning.

Source

US Government ( http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/usna-img-z--1200023&ref=October+1942) Although from a commercial site, the site lists the source as "US Navy Archives" which means the image is from the US government. Original works of the US Government are public domain documents.

Date

June 16, 2006

Author

US Government

Permission
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Licensing

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