File:Japanese bomb hits USS Enterprise (CV-6) flight deck during Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-17489).jpg

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Summary

Photographer

PhoM 2/c Marion Riley, U.S. Navy

Description

A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, causing minor damage. This was the third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle. The bomb was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack.

According to the original photo caption in the US Navy's archives, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read. This image, however, was actually taken by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Marion Riley, who was operating a motion picture camera from the aft end of the ship's island, above the flight deck and who survived the battle although his photographic equipment was damaged. The film Riley took that day, and of which this still was extracted together with others and published in Life, can be seen at this Youtube link (explosion at 03:05). Robert Read was stationed in the aft starboard 5" gun gallery and was killed by the second bomb to hit Enterprise. The smoke from the bomb explosion that killed Read can be seen in the upper left of this photograph. (Source: [1])

Date

24 August 1942

Collection

National Archives and Records Administration

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	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
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	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:06, 30 August 2011	2,937 × 2,340 (2.84 MB)	Cobatfor	larger NARA file
	08:43, 9 May 2007	587 × 466 (44 KB)	Cla68	A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS ''Enterprise'', 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, causing minor damage. This was the third and last bomb to hit ''Enterprise'' during the battle. The bomb was dropped by a Japane
	02:58, 5 June 2006	731 × 576 (103 KB)	Cla68	A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, 24 August 1942.<br/> Note: According to the original photo caption, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read. However, Morison's "History of U.S. Na
	21:59, 11 August 2005	740 × 605 (149 KB)	Bradipus	A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, 24 August 1942.<br/> Note: According to the original photo caption, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read. However, Morison's "History of U.S. Na