Mitsubishi G4M is shot down in May 1944
Summary
An Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty") bomber is burning, as it is shot down by a U.S. Navy Fleet Air Wing 2 (FAW-2) Consolidated PB2Y-3 Coronado patrol bomber, in the Central Pacific. The Japanese plane wears the number "72" on its tail fin.
The photograph was released on 22 May 1944.
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Date
1944
Source
U.S. Navy
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Public Domain