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USS Bunker Hill CV-17 near miss 1944.jpg

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Description A near miss on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during an attack by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of the Philppine Sea off the Marianas, on 19 June 1944. Note her camouflage measure 32 design 6A and the cruiser in the left background.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1987.096.001.045 [1]
Author U.S. Navy (Image is part of a scrapbook assembled by Commander Francis N. Gilreath during his service as Flag Secretary and Aide to Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery.)
Other versions frame with caption "Task Group 582 under attack by Japanese Dive Bombers - near miss on USS Bunkerhill 6/19/1944" cropped

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