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Photograph 043368 Second World War, 1939-1945GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER HITTING THE WATER. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.

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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER STILL IN FLIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.
GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER HITTING THE WATER. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.

Two United States dive bomber aircraft in the air off the bow of the destroyer, USS Selfridge, just prior to crashing after being fired upon by the destroyer in a friendly fire incident.

GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS ELLET ON FIRE. THE NEARBY TRANSPORT HAS ALSO BEEN HIT.

GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKE

GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW.

A United States destroyer, possibly the USS Selfridge, firing upon shore targets during the Battle of Savo Island.
