Keywords: outdoor 80-G-42560: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942. Scene from the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV 6). Shaken loose from its moorings by the powerful explosion of a Japanese bomb which hit in the water near Enterprise, this U.S. plane skitters to the edge of the carrier’s flight deck. Note, the column of smoke sent up by a downed Japanese plane in the background. Photographed October 26, 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/17). 80-G-42560: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942. Scene from the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV 6). Shaken loose from its moorings by the powerful explosion of a Japanese bomb which hit in the water near Enterprise, this U.S. plane skitters to the edge of the carrier’s flight deck. Note, the column of smoke sent up by a downed Japanese plane in the background. Photographed October 26, 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/17). |