Chronology of World War II

Saturday, August 8


Destroyer Crewmen Looking at Wreckage of Japanese Plane


Destroyer Crewmen Looking at Wreckage of Japanese Plane
Crewmen of USS Ellet (DD-398) look at the floating wreckage of a Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack plane (a type later code named "Betty"), which crashed during the aerial torpedo attack on the Allied invasion force off Tulagi Island on August 8, 1942.