Keywords: D3A wreck in the Gilberts 1943.jpeg Wreckage of a Japanese Aichi D3A Val dive bomber in the Gilbert Islands in late 1943 The aircraft seems to have been stripped of its skin by souvenir hunters http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 24827 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1977 031 085 083 1943 U S Navy This image is part of a photograph album kept by Commander Joseph C Clifton during 1942-1944 which included service as Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron VF 12 and Commander Air Group CAG 12 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aichi D3A Gilbert Islands Campaign |