Grim proof of the ability of United States aircraft carriers to defend themselves against enemy planes: A Japanese torpedo bomber tried in vain to press home an attack at close quarters against an American carrier which took part in a raid on Japanese installations in the Marshall Islands. The flaming tip of the right wing of the attacking plane snaps off as the crippled enemy bomber plunges toward the sea.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1944, Page 4
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70Grim proof of the ability of United States aircraft carriers to defend themselves against enemy planes: A Japanese torpedo bomber tried in vain to press home an attack at close quarters against an American carrier which took part in a raid on Japanese installations in the Marshall Islands. The flaming tip of the right wing of the attacking plane snaps off as the crippled enemy bomber plunges toward the sea. Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1944, Page 4
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