Image: Mitsubishi G4M attacking USS Lexington (CV-2) on 20 February 1942

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Description: A Mitsubishi G4M1 Type 1 Model 11 bomber from the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Air Group based at Rabaul, New Britain, approaches the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) during an attack on the carrier off Bougainville on 20 February 1942. The Type 1, missing its port engine after being damaged by a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat piloted by Butch O'Hare, was commanded by Hikotaicho (operations commander) Lieutenant Commander Takuzo Ito. The bomber crashed into the ocean about 1,400 meters from the carrier.
Title: Mitsubishi G4M attacking USS Lexington (CV-2) on 20 February 1942
Credit: Tagaya, Osamu (2001) Mitsubishi Type 1 "Rikko" 'Betty' Units of World War 2, Category:New York: Osprey ISBN: 978-1-84176-082-7. , p. 36
Author: Robert C. Mikesh
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Action off Bougainville

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