File:SBD-3 Dauntless bombers of VS-8 over the burning Japanese cruiser Mikuma on 6 June 1942.jpg

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English: U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" dive bombers from scouting squadron VS-8 from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942.
Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Note bombs hung beneath the SBDs.

Date

6 June 1942

Source

Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-17054 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command; originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.

Author

Scouting Squadron 8 (VS-8), U.S. Navy; The original uploader was Palm dogg at English Wikipedia., 2006-01-30 (first version); 2006-02-14 (last version)

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Original upload log (All user names refer to en.wikipedia)

2006-02-14 18:23 Palm dogg 740×590×8 (155491 bytes)
2006-01-30 17:00 Palm dogg 740×610×8 (156138 bytes) Caption: [[SBD]] "Dauntless" dive bombers from [[USS Hornet (CV-8)]] approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser [[Mikuma]] to make the third set of attacks on her, during the Battle of Midway. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and [[U

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:37, 4 June 2017	3,000 × 2,400 (3.7 MB)	David Levy	higher resolution
	12:07, 2 August 2010	800 × 615 (341 KB)	Cobatfor	clearer version found here http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/90midway/90images/90img4bh.jpg
	19:18, 4 March 2010	740 × 590 (267 KB)	Cobatfor	black lines removed
	15:03, 10 April 2009	738 × 586 (226 KB)	Hohum	Uploaded lower res version. Higher res just seems to make the grain bigger, and cuts off half of the lead aircraft.
	15:18, 23 November 2008	2,996 × 2,048 (1.52 MB)	Movieevery	higher res
	17:33, 5 May 2007	740 × 590 (152 KB)	ToNToNi	{{Information \|Description=Caption: en:SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from en:USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser en:Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the Battle of Midway. Mikuma had been hit