| Title |
Image from a sea battle involving Japanese Air Forces and U.S. Naval Forces during the battle of Guadalcanal, August 1942 |
| Photo Number |
P0258n1_08_08 |
| Description |
Photo showing a sea battle involving Japanese Air Forces and U.S. Naval Forces during the battle of Guadalcanal, August 1942. |
| Creator |
Reo Robbins |
| Date |
1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Textual Date |
1940s |
| Keywords |
Military; Navy; Men; Boats and boating; Battleships; World War II; Guadalcanal; airplanes |
| Subject |
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943--Photographs; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) |
| Additional Information |
view of one of two Japanese Type 1 G4M1 Betty bombers shot down and floating in the water alongside the destroyer USS Mugford (DD-389) during the second late afternoon raid on the invasion force off Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. The ship suffered three near-misses and one bomb hit which killed eight, wounded 17 and left 10 men missing. The BETTY is missing its tail assembly. The view is of the underside of the airplane. |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0258 Reo Robbins Photograph Collection, Circa 1940-1945 |
| Collection Name |
Reo Robbins |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Reo Robbins |
| Rights |
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| Type |
Image |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66t1666 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
941353 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66t1666 |
