File talk:Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese planes view.jpg
While researching a documentary on Pearl harbour for the National Geographic Channel I found the photographer who took this picture.
Takeo Shiro was the observer on a Type 97 (B5N 'Kate') Torpedo bomber in the first wave of the attack. As I write, he is 92 years old and living in southern Japan.
His own copy, and the camera he took it with, were destroyed when the aircraft carrier he served on - Hiryu - was later sunk at the battle of Midway. Thus, the captured copies stored in various archives were the only surviving record of this image.
He makes no claims about copyright or ownership.
I've never contributed to wikipedia before, so not sure how to edit image info etc. but I felt this information was a interesting addition to an image I've seen for decades.
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