File:Douglas TBD-1 Devastator of VT-6 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6), 19 May 1942 (80370).jpg

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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator (BuNo 0279, "6-T-3") of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) on a elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 19 May 1942.
During the Battle of Midway, 6-T-3 participated in an attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga on 4 June 1942, with crew Ens. Edward Heck and Doyle L. Richey, ARM3c. It was one of only four VT-6 planes that returned to the Enterprise. On 6 June, it turned away (as ordered) from an attack on the Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma due to heavy AA, and returned to the Enterprise. After used as a training plane, it was finally stricken on 12 October 1943.
Date 19 May 1942
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 80370.

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Author U.S. Navy film "Task Force in Pacific, 19 May 1942" (428-NPC-16320)

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