File:Damaged Grumman TBF-1 Avenger of VT-8 on Midway Atoll, 4 June 1942 (NH 102559).jpg
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English: A Grumman TBF-1 Avenger (BuNo 00380, coded 8-T-1) from Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8), soon after returning to Naval Air Station Midway from the morning strike against the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. The TBF flown by Ensign Bert Earnest was the sole surviving plane of 21 aircraft of VT-8 on that day. Earnest landed the damaged plane on one wheel at Eastern Island, Midway Atoll. |
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| current | 15:14, 26 February 2023 | | 3,879 × 2,673 (2.67 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=A Grumman TBF-1 ''Avenger'' (BuNo 0038, coded 8-T-1) from Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8), soon after returning to Naval Air Station Midway from the morning strike against the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. The TBF flown by Ensign Bert Earnest was the sole surviving plane of 21 aircraft of VT-8 on that day. Earnest landed the damaged plane on one wheel at Eastern Island, Midway Atoll.}} |depicted place =... |
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