Attack On Pearl Harbor - Photographs

Photographs

The first aerial photographs of the attack on Pearl Harbor were taken by Lee Embree, who was aboard a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress en route from Hamilton Field, California, to the Philippines. Lee's 38th Reconnaissance Squadron had scheduled a refueling stop at Hickam Field at the time of the attack.

  • Crew members aboard Shokaku launching the attack

  • A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighter airplane of the second wave takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi on the morning of December 7, 1941.

  • Zeroes of the second wave preparing to take off from Shokaku for Pearl Harbor

  • A Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bomber takes off from Shokaku.

  • Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers of the second wave preparing for take off. Aircraft carrier Soryu in the background.

  • An Aichi D3A Type 99 kanbaku (dive bomber) launches from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi to participate in the second wave during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • Battleship USS California sinking

  • Battleship USS Arizona explodes.

  • Destroyer USS Shaw exploding after her forward magazine was detonated

  • Battleship USS Nevada attempting to escape from the harbor.

  • Battleship USS West Virginia took two aerial bombs, both duds, and seven torpedo hits, one of which may have come from a midget submarine.

  • A destroyed B-17 after the attack on Hickam Field.

  • Hangar in Ford Island burns

  • Aftermath: USS West Virginia (severely damaged), USS Tennessee (damaged), and the USS Arizona (sunk).

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