Keywords: outdoor 80-G-207811: A Japanese torpedo-plane attack on U.S. ships at night in South Pacific area produced this weird light pattern. The large spot in the center is a Japanese plane exploding as it was shot down and crashed into the water. The jagged streak of light was made by Japanese flares which were dropped to illumine U.S. ships; smaller streaks of light are from tracers from U.S. Navy anti-aircraft fire. Photograph released January 13, 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/21). 80-G-207811: A Japanese torpedo-plane attack on U.S. ships at night in South Pacific area produced this weird light pattern. The large spot in the center is a Japanese plane exploding as it was shot down and crashed into the water. The jagged streak of light was made by Japanese flares which were dropped to illumine U.S. ships; smaller streaks of light are from tracers from U.S. Navy anti-aircraft fire. Photograph released January 13, 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/21). |