File:CVE-71 launching FM-2s Samar 25Oct1944.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionCVE-71 launching FM-2s Samar 25Oct1944.jpg |
The U.S. escort carrier USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch Grumman FM-2 Wildcat fighters of composite squadron VC-5 during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. The aircraft visible on the left are Grumman TBF Avengers. In the distance, Japanese shells are splashing near the USS White Plains (CVE-66). |
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Date | 25 Oct 1944; 12 January 2007 (original upload date) | ||
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Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.; Sourced from: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. Note: This photo was obviously taken a few minutes before the Official U.S. Navy Photograph (now in the collections of the National Archives) photo no. 80-G-287497 [1], therefore it should be a U.S. Navy photo with a free copyright. |
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Author | The original uploader was Nick Dowling at English Wikipedia. |
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[edit]- 2007-01-12 09:59 Nick Dowling 450×368×8 (59500 bytes) Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 302773 '''Sourced from:''' http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp '''Copyright:''' The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken in 1944. The AWM allow
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current | 12:33, 27 June 2022 | 1,102 × 891 (199 KB) | Meeepmep (talk | contribs) | Cropped 8 % horizontally, 9 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode. | |
13:35, 18 October 2020 | 1,200 × 984 (216 KB) | Wolcott (talk | contribs) | higher res from the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive | ||
12:58, 23 September 2015 | 640 × 537 (181 KB) | Wolcott (talk | contribs) | higher res | ||
12:11, 4 October 2013 | 567 × 464 (140 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | watermark removed | ||
17:04, 20 May 2008 | 450 × 368 (58 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=The U.S. escort carrier ''USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)'' prepares to launch Grumman FM-2 ''Wildcat'' fighters of composite squadron VC-5 during the ''Battle of Samar'' on 25 October 1944. The aircraft visible on the left is a Grumma |
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