A Japanese Aichi D3A "Val" dive-bomber is shot down over the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. Note the battleship USS <i>South Dakota</i> (BB-57) heading in the opposite direction.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
1942-10-26
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020611.jpg">[1]</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/06a.htm">NavSource.org</a>