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Coral Sea, South West Pacific. 1942-05. Smoke billows into the air from the burning Lexington after attacks by Japanese torpedo aircraft. The Battle of the Coral Sea checked the proposed Japanese invasion of Port Moresby. It was the first naval engagement in history in which surface vessels did not exchange a shot. The Japanese lost the carrier Shoho and the carrier Shokaku was damaged. The Allies lost the carrier USS Lexington and the carrier USS Yorktown was damaged.
CORAL SEA, 1942-05-08. A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER AIRCRAFT JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON CLOSES IN TO ATTACK THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LEXINGTON. THE WHITE SPRAY TO THE LEFT WAS WHIPPED UP BY ANTI AIRCRAFT CAN
Coral Sea, South West Pacific. 1942-05. Smoke billows across the water in the final destruction of the Japanese carrier Shoho during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
BISMARCK SEA BATTLE. ALLIES SMASH JAP CONVOY. AN RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS A JAPANESE CONVOY. TWO BURNING SHIPS CAN BE SEEN AS BEAUFIGHTER COMES IN TO STRAFE UNDAMAGED VESSELS. (NEGATIVE BY DA
CORAL SEA. 1942-05-07. SHIPS OF TASK FORCE 17.3 UNDER ATTACK BY JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBERS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA. THREE BURSTS OF ANTI AIRCRAFT SHELLS DOT THE SKY AS THE DESTROYER USS WALKE
CORAL SEA. 1942-05-07. A BARRAGE BEING FIRED AGAINST JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBERS BY TASK GROUP 17.3 DURING THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA. THE DESTROYER USS WALKE MANOEUVRES AHEAD OF HMAS HOBART. (NAVAL HIS
Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean. 1942-10. Bursts of anti aircraft above the burning US Navy aircraft carrier Hornet after she was attacked and badly damaged by Japanese dive bombers and torpedo bombers
