80-G-40319: PQ-17 Arctic Convoy, June-July 1942
![<p>80-G-40319: PQ 17 Arctic Convoy, June-July 1942. A convoy en route to Russia fights in the North Atlantic. An enemy plane, hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashes into a U.S. merchant vessel causing her to explode. The vessel at right is turning to avoid the conflagration, July 1942. </p>
<p>80-G-40319: PQ 17 Arctic Convoy, June-July 1942. A convoy en route to Russia fights in the North Atlantic. An enemy plane, hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashes into a U.S. merchant vessel causing her to explode. The vessel at right is turning to avoid the conflagration, July 1942. </p>](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-atlantic/battle-of-the-atlantic/atlantic-convoys/1942/june-july-pq-17-convoy/80-g-40319/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1679498958728.jpg)
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