Photo of the Day 432

U.S. Warplanes, Near Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean, 1999

Photograph by David Doubilet

A trio of World War II-era U.S. Navy warplanes recalls the Battle of Midway. An Avenger torpedo bomber (middle) is flanked by a Dauntless dive-bomber (top) and a Wildcat fighter.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ghosts and Survivors Return to the Battle of Midway," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)