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80-G-301020 Operations around Leyte, October-December 1944

Operations around Leyte, October-December 1944
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Title: Operations around Leyte, October-December 1944
Caption: A Japanese kamikaze aircraft falls in flames, after being shot down by USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) in Leyte Gulf, 27 November 1944. The plane fell about 150-200 yards off the battleship's starboard beam. Flaming object is thought to be a wing or fuel tank, as the main part of the plane has hit the water already
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Catalog #: 80-G-301020
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Mon, Nov 27, 1944
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW photograph
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