Name/Title

"Flaming Kate"

Description

Photograph of a flaming Japanese Nakajima B5N (aka Kate to the Allied forces), crashing into the ocean with one of its wings blown off.

Context

This is another example of the famous "Flaming Kate" photograph that was distributed to the crew and often signed by captain Jocko Clark.

Collection

Dwight Long Collection, USS Yorktown CV-10

Acquisition

Accession

2013.00022

Source or Donor

Dwight Stanley Long

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Alfred Norman Cooperman

Date made

Dec 4, 1943

Update Date

December 6, 2024