File:Mitsubishi G4M is shot down in May 1944.jpg

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An Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty") bomber is burning, as it is shot down by a U.S. Navy Fleet Air Wing 2 (FAW-2) Consolidated PB2Y-3 Coronado patrol bomber, in the Central Pacific. The Japanese plane wears the number "72" on its tail fin.

The photograph was released on 22 May 1944.
Date circa 22 May 1944
date QS:P,+1944-05-22T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-238877 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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