Keywords: EasternSolomonsShotDown.jpg http //www cv6 org/noumea/default asp uri detail/usna-img-z--1200017 Image from US National Archives Photo was taken by Photographer's Mate Robert F Read who was killed shortly after taking this photo by the second bomb to hit Enterprise on Aug 24 1942 source http //www cv6 org/1942/solomons/solomons_2 htm Enterprise CV-6 steams past the burning wreckage of two Japanese bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons 24 August 1942 The two bombers and their bombs barely missed the Enterprise PD-USGov Battle of the Eastern Solomons |