File:Mitsubishi G4M attacking USS Lexington (CV-2) on 20 February 1942.jpg
_on_20_February_1942.jpg){kind=small}
Size of this preview: 800 × 501 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 201 pixels | 640 × 401 pixels | 1,093 × 685 pixels.
Original file (1,093 × 685 pixels, file size: 221 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: A Mitsubishi G4M1 Type 1 Model 11 bomber from the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Air Group based at Rabaul, New Britain, approaches the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) during an attack on the carrier off Bougainville on 20 February 1942. The Type 1, missing its port engine after being damaged by a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat piloted by Butch O'Hare, was commanded by Hikotaicho (operations commander) Lieutenant Commander Takuzo Ito. The bomber crashed into the ocean about 1,400 meters from the carrier. |
| Date | |
| Source | Tagaya, Osamu (2001) Mitsubishi Type 1 "Rikko" 'Betty' Units of World War 2, Category:New York: Osprey ISBN: 978-1-84176-082-7. , p. 36 |
| Author | Robert C. Mikesh |
| Other versions |
|
_1942.jpeg)
Licensing
|
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
|
 |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | ||
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 21:24, 12 May 2009 | | 1,093 × 685 (221 KB) | Cla68 | {{Information |Description={{en|1=A Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 bomber from the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Air Group based at Rabaul, New Britain, approaches the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Lexington'' (CV-2) during an attack on the carrier off |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on he.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
_on_20_February_1942.jpg){kind=link}