The Japanese aircraft carrier <i>Akagi</i> and a destroyer (probably <i>Nowaki</i>) maneuvering below thin clouds while under high-level bombing attack by U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17E <i>Flying Fortress</i> bombers, shortly after 0800 hrs, 4 June 1942. No aircraft are visible on her flight deck and her forward elevator is in the down position. <i>Akagi</i> launched fighters at 0808 hrs and 0832 hrs. The photo was probably shortly taken after the 0808 hrs launch.
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4 June 1942<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1942-06-04T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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