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Japanese Airplane Going Down
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A Japanese bomber going down in flames after having been surprised by a Coronado flying boat of Fleet Air Wing Two. This photograph, which was shot from the cockpit of the Commando, is part of a scrapbook compiled by Philip F. La Follette, former governor of Wisconsin who served in the Pacific.
May 22, 1944
United States. Navy
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