Attack of VB6 & VS6 on Kido Butai
Sketch from battle of Midway: attack on japanese carriers performed by VB-6 (targeting Akagi)and VS-6 (targeting Kaga) from Enterprise. Attack of a part of VB-6 on Akagi is not sketch in. This sketch was part of Lt. Joe R. Penland action report. Penland was flying SBD 6-B-7 (serial number 4532).
- Date
- June 4, 1942
- Mapmaker / publisher
- J. R. PENLAND Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Commander, Bombing Squadron Six
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 400 × 472 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: a US government work (US Navy).
Read from: Commons licence category: PD US Navy; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
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"Attack of VB6 & VS6 on Kido Butai" (June 4, 1942). J. R. PENLAND Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Commander, Bombing Squadron Six, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attack_of_VB6_%26_VS6_on_Kido_Butai.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 23361.
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