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USS Enterprise bomb[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2014 at 19:27:43 (UTC)

Original – A bomb, exploding on the flight deck of USS Enterprise on 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. The third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle, it was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack. In the upper left there is a smoke from the previous bomb explosion that killed Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. Read.
Reason
One of those historical photos with an interesting context, albeit sad for both warring sides. The previous nomination failed particularly due to then small size.
Articles in which this image appears
Battle of the Eastern Solomons, USS Enterprise (CV-6)
FP category for this image
History/World War II
Creator
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Marion Riley
  • Support as nominator – Brandmeistertalk 19:27, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm torn. The EV is very high, and the image is very dynamic. However, the grain is very, very strong... Weak support. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:49, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment — Me too — While it's a dramatic capture, IMO it's not entirely apparent visually that this was an explosion on an aircraft carrier (one that was later repaired & returned to service in WWII). Sca (talk) 01:30, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: I'm going to go ahead and support: It's an historical image, certainly not retakeable, and I doubt a better example exists for the two in question. Barring a video for these, I can accept this. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: unique and interesting image, but not FP material. Grain etc. aside, it's not at all immediately evident what's going on in the picture (it took me quite a while figuring out up and down) and I have to question how much EV there really is in such a picture. What does it convey that text can't? It just looks like a random explosion to me. JPNEX (talk) 16:23, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for me only VI, but far from an FP image. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 20:37, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:28, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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