Japanese Navy Aichi D3A1 Type 99 carrier bombers (allied codename <i>Val</i>) prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier during the morning of 7 December 1941. Ship in the background is the carrier <i>Soryu</i>.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/japanese-forces-in-the-pearl-harbor-attack/miscellaneous-views-of-japanese-forces/80-G-182259.html">80-G-182259</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>