Thursday, December 8, 2011

Photo Essay: December 7th, 1941. Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor bird's eye view October 30, 1941
Taken from Residential areas.  Japanese bombers headed toward the harbor with anti-aircraft fire.
Hangar burns on Ford Island

USS Shaw explodes losing its bow

The USS West Virginia may have taken seven torpedo hits


B-17 at Hickam Field

Carnage from the air







From left to right: The West Virginia (BB-48), The Tennessee (BB-43) and the sunken Arizona (BB-39) 


The USS Arizona explodes
The Battleship USS California sinking

The Superstructure of the USS Arizona remains above the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor
Heavy Damage to the USS Casin and the USS Downes stationed at Pearl Harbor
The West Virginia and the capsized Oklahoma
USS Shaw burns whilst men on the pier throw water onto the fire.

Japanese plane dives to extinguish flames

One of the first photos to be taken.  Machine-gunned P-40

The Battleship USS California is afire and listing to port.
Oil burns.  USS Maryland in the center






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