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FLATTOP USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) AFTER KAMIKAZE HIT
The photograph of the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) shows the carrier's flight deck, looking aft, while her crew was fighting fires caused by "Kamikaze" hits, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, on 11 May 1945. While supporting the Okinawa invasion that morning, USS Bunker Hill was hit and severely damaged by two suicide planes. Gasoline fires flamed up and several explosions took place. The ship suffered the loss of 346 men killed, 43 missing, and 264 wounded. Although badly crippled she managed to return to Bremerton, Washington, via Pearl Harbor.
Jack McKillop
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