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US and Japanese warplanes engage in aerial combat and US planes attack Japanese fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea

Scenes from aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during the Battle of the Philippine Sea of World War 2. The Task Force advances towards the Mariana Islands. Commander Dixie Kiefer and another officer watch through binoculars from the conning tower of 'The Fighting Lady'. Japanese bombers and fighters approach and attack the carrier. Anti aircraft guns fired. Japanese panes are hit and downed. Explosions in the water near the ships. Sailors fire deck guns. A Japanese torpedo bomber approach the carrier through the flak. Gunners fire at her. The plane is hit and downed. Animated map depicts advance of US and Japanese Naval Task forces between the Philippines and the Caroline Islands. US pilots board their planes. Radio Plotting Room in charge Smokey talks over the radio. Flight deck crew prepare the planes for take off. US fighter planes run into Jaapanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros. Japanese and US planes are shot down during the aerial combat. Planes hit and on fire. The US Air Combat Group approaches the Japanese Imperial Navy formation of battleships. Destroyers and carriers conduct escape maneuvers. Location: Philippine Sea. Date: June 1944.

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