80-G-270618: USS Suwannee (CVE-27), October 26, 1944
![80-G-270618: USS Suwannee (CVE-27), October 26, 1944. Fires and explosion on the flight deck of USS Suwannee (CVL-27), resulting from a suicide hit of a Japanese “Zero” near Leyte, Philippines. The airborne plane is friendly. Taken from USS Sangamon (CVL-26) at Leyte, Philippines. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 80-G-270618: USS Suwannee (CVE-27), October 26, 1944. Fires and explosion on the flight deck of USS Suwannee (CVL-27), resulting from a suicide hit of a Japanese “Zero” near Leyte, Philippines. The airborne plane is friendly. Taken from USS Sangamon (CVL-26) at Leyte, Philippines. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-japan/kamikaze/battle-leyte-gulf/80-g-270618/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1601649144310.jpg)
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Topic
- People-Places-Things--Japanese
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- Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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