Aerial photograph of the Japanese aircraft carrier <i>Sōryū</i> and its circular wake during the Battle of Midway. The ship was circling as an evasion maneuver while under attack from United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-17E <i>Flying Fortress</i> bombers from Midway Island, shortly after 08:00h, 4 June 1942. This attack resulted in near misses, but no hits.<br>
The circular wake is approximately 1,160 meters (0.72 miles) in diameter.
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
1942-06-04
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