Image: Aircraft prepare to launch from Japanese carrier Shōkaku during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-176150)
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Description: Mitsubishi Type 00 Shipboard Fighters (A6M2 Model 21. Allied codename: "Zeke") ready for takeoff from a Japanese aircraft carrier, 1942. This view was probably taken on board Shōkaku as she prepared to launch aircraft in the morning of 26 October 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Title: Aircraft prepare to launch from Japanese carrier Shōkaku during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-176150)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-176150
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