File:TBD VT-3 at NAS Kaneohe Bay May 1942.jpeg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator of Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3) in a camoflauged revetment at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Territory of Hawaii, just days before the Battle of Midway. Note the torpedo slung beneath the aircraft's fuselage. The squadron's only combat missions flying Devastators came at the Battle of Midway during June 1942. Launched from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), the squadron attacked the Japanese carrier fleet on the morning of 4 June. Of the 24 pilots and crewmen who participated in the mission, only three survived.
Date circa May 1942
date QS:P,+1942-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.910
Author U.S. Navy

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