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Printed black and white photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft being shot down just off the…
Kamikaze Going Down
Printed black and white photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft being shot down just off the…
Printed black and white photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft being shot down just off the side of USS Intrepid

Kamikaze Going Down

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
DateMarch 18, 1945
PeriodWorld War II
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Ann Duthie Perez. P2018.66.38
Object numberP2018.66.38
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft being shot down just off the side of USS Intrepid. The plane is plunging nose first into the water. There is anti-aircraft fire and debris hitting the water around the aircraft. The ship appears as a black obstruction in the bottom half of the image. There is a white border around the image. Written in the upper left is, “tap.”

Handwritten on the back is, “Suicide Bomber being shot // down – this picture is in // Fortune magazine for July // 1945”. The back is also stamped, “Released for crew // Not for Publication”.
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