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Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white 80-G-46158: Japanese “Betty” aircraft being shot down by a U.S. Navy PV-1 aircraft during a patrol near Truk Island, Caroline Islands. Lieutenant Harry F. Standford, USNR, (pilot), coming out of a rain squall sighted the Japanese plane, jettisoned his depth charges for aided speed and maneuverability and went in to attack. In this view, flames lick out on the starboard wing root of the Japanese as the PV-1 Ventura wheels about takes up the attack. Enemy aircraft is steadily losing altitude. Released July 31, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05). 80-G-46158: Japanese “Betty” aircraft being shot down by a U.S. Navy PV-1 aircraft during a patrol near Truk Island, Caroline Islands. Lieutenant Harry F. Standford, USNR, (pilot), coming out of a rain squall sighted the Japanese plane, jettisoned his depth charges for aided speed and maneuverability and went in to attack. In this view, flames lick out on the starboard wing root of the Japanese as the PV-1 Ventura wheels about takes up the attack. Enemy aircraft is steadily losing altitude. Released July 31, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05).
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