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English: The first major explosion following the impact of the Kamikaze aircraft has created a fireball that has risen to about 300 feet above the flight deck. The largest object above that fireball is the aft aircraft elevator, which was hurled to a height of about 1,000 feet by this first explosion. In this photo it is about 800 feet high.
Date 25 October 1944 (October 25, 1944)
Source Official U.S. Navy photograph.
Author Photograph taken by a combat cameraman aboard USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)

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  • 2006-12-11 22:46 MFMUSN 575×448× (30675 bytes) Official U.S. Navy photograph

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