On the flight deck of Shokaku
Japanese carrier based Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighter planes are preparing to take off from the aircraft carrier "Shokaku", during the battle of the islands of Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, north-east of Australia; the morning of October 26, 1942.
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