File:USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) under air attack c1944.jpg

Original file (842 × 485 pixels, file size: 237 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) under attack by kamikaze suicide planes, probably off Leyte, in October 1944: A first plane crashes off the bow, then a second plane is barely visible over the carrier, before it crashes close aboard.
Date circa October 1944
date QS:P,+1944-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source

U.S. Navy photo, accessed via navsource.net.

Per navsource: "Images contained on this site that are donated from private sources are © copyrighted by the respective owner. Images credited to the National Archives (NA, NARA); Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC), formerly Naval Historical Center (NHC); and U.S. Navy (USN) are believed to be in the public domain. Some images credited to the United States Naval Institute (USNI) are from © copyrighted collections, the rest are believed to be in the public domain."
Author U.S. Navy

Licensing

Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:47, 20 December 2015Thumbnail for version as of 20:47, 20 December 2015842 × 485 (237 KB)Cobatfor== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS ''Marcus Island'' (CVE-77) under attack by kamikaze suicide planes, probably off Leyte, in October 1944: A first plane crashes off the bow, then a second plane is barely...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file: