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80-G-272603 Japanese Coastal Shipping

Japanese Coastal Shipping
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Title: Japanese Coastal Shipping
Caption: Under attack by two VPB-117 PB4Y-1 patrol bombers, near the shore of Kita Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, on the 30 October 1944. One coastal firefighter, hit by a PB5U piloted by Lieutenant G.B. Squires, is capsizing and sinking. The follow up attack by the photo plane, piloted by squadron commander, Commander E.O. Rigsbee Jr., has near missed two other vessels.
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Catalog #: 80-G-272603
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Mon, Oct 30, 1944
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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