File:USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) is near-missed by a Japanese bomb during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944 (80-G-366983).jpg

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English: Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944: the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) is near-missed by a Japanese bomb, during the air attacks of 19 June 1944. The Japanese plane, with its tail shot off, is about to crash, at left. Photographed from USS Monterey (CVL-26).
Depicted place Philippine Sea
Date 19 June 1944
date QS:P571,+1944-06-19T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-366983
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-366983

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