Two Grumman TBF-1 “Avenger” carrier-based torpedo bombers from US 5th Torpedo Squadron VT-5 (from USS Yorktown) fly over explosions from a direct hit on a Japanese Wakatake destroyer north of Palau (7.50N 134.20E).
The Wakatake destroyer photo source: US Naval Air National Museum.
Location: Pacific Ocean
Shooting time: March 30, 1944