Date: March 19, 1945, 10:00 a.m. Location: The Hiroshima Bay off the Itsukushima Island, Japan. Event: Flagship of the IJN 2nd Fleet, battleship Yamato 大和 is performing evasive maneuvers while under attack by Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver bombers. Photo taken from an aircraft assigned to carrier Hornet of the USN Task Force 58.1.