Image: German freighter La Plata being attacked off Bodø in October 1944

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Description: The German freighter La Plata being strafed by a U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat piloted by Lt(jg) William W. Taylor of Fighting Squadron 4 (VF-4) off Bodø, Norway, during "Operation Leader" on 4 October 1943. A second F4F is visible in the upper part of the photo. La Plata was hit by 3 bombs during two attacks and was later beached.
Title: German freighter La Plata being attacked off Bodø in October 1944
Credit: U.S. Navy All Hands magazine March 1944/[1], p. 15.
Author: Lt(jg) William W. Taylor, U.S. Navy
Permission: "All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated."
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