File:TBD-1 Devastators of VT-6 in flight c1941.jpeg
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| Description | A formation of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6) operating in the Pacific off the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). Established as VT-8S in 1937, the squadron was redesignated VT-6 that same year. Accepting delivery of its first TBD-1 aircraft in 1938, the squadron operated from USS Enterprise (CV-6). Following the entry of the United States into World War II, VT-6 participated in hit and run raids against the Marshalls and Wake Island. Launched on the morning of 4 June 1942 against the Japanese carrier fleet during the Battle of Midway, the squadron lost ten of fourteen aircraft during their attack. |
| Date | circa 1941 |
| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.1000 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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