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Wreckage of US Coast Guard B-17, destroyed by flares set off by Japanese bullets which burned plane in half as pilot Ray Swenson made crash landing at Hickam Field; it was the only Coast Guard plane destroyed during Japan's surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor.
Location:Pearl Harbor, Hioahu, US
Date taken:December 7, 1941
Size:1280 x 1020 pixels (17.8 x 14.2 inches)

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