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Original – A bomb, exploding on the flight deck of USS Enterprise on 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. The third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle, it was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack. In the upper left there is a smoke from the previous bomb explosion that killed Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read.
Reason
One of those historical photos with an interesting context, albeit sad for both warring sides. The previous nomination failed particularly due to then small size.
Articles in which this image appears
Battle of the Eastern Solomons, USS Enterprise (CV-6)
FP category for this image
History/World War II
Creator
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Marion Riley

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:28, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]