2013. Coming in low over the water through a curtain of flak, four twin-engined Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' torpedo bombers are seen approaching a USN desrtroyer and other ships in the Operation WATCHTOWER invasion force at Gaudalcanal. Photo: USN official image No 80-G-17066, it is held by the US National Archives and Records Administration [NARA] . The image is also held in the Naval Historical Collection at the Australian War Memorial, image ID NO. 305274, and has been widely published. It appeared in Graeme Kent's book 'Guadalcanal: Island Ordeal' [Pan Books, London, 1971] pp40-41.
2013. Coming in low over the water through a curtain of flak, four twin-engined Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' torpedo bombers are seen approaching a USN desrtroyer and other ships in the Operation WATCHTOWER invasion force at Gaudalcanal. Photo: USN official image No 80-G-17066, it is held by the US National Archives and Records Administration [NARA] . The image is also held in the Naval Historical Collection at the Australian War Memorial, image ID NO. 305274, and has been widely published. It appeared in Graeme Kent's book 'Guadalcanal: Island Ordeal' [Pan Books, London, 1971] pp40-41.