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English: A Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo aircraft (visible just above and to the right of carrier's island) drops a torpedo (splash at lower right) that will hit the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) and cause fatal damage on 26 October 1942.
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