Two U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldivers from Bombing Squadron 9 (VB-9), operating from the Essex-class fleet aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), fly over Task Force 58, enroute to Tokyo for their first raid on that city, 16 February 1945. Ships below include an Essex-class carrier, an Independence-class carrier, a New Orleans-class cruiser and a destroyer.