Chronology of World War II
Friday, May 11th
Bunker Hill
Hit by
Kamikazes
The US Navy aircraft carrier
Bunker Hill
(CV-17) burning after being hit by a
Kamikaze
attack while operating off Okinawa on May 11, 1945. Photographed from
Wilkes Barre
(CL-103), which appears to have received fire damage herself helping to fight the blaze from alongside the carrier. A destroyer is off
Bunker Hill's
port side.