File:SantaCruzEHornetWildcat.jpg
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| Description | A Hornet Wildcat which had landed on Enterprise slides across the flight deck as Enterprise maneuvers violently under aerial attack on 26 October 1942. Two crewmen are in defensive posture on the deck and the ship appears to be burning. |
| Date | 26 October 1942 |
| Source | US Government ( http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/usna-img-z--1200023&ref=October+1942) Although from a commercial site, the site lists the source as "US Navy Archives" which means the image is from the US government. Original works of the US Government are public domain documents. |
| Author | US Government |
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