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| Keywords: TBD VT-3 at NAS Kaneohe Bay May 1942.jpeg 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 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16036279 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 910 ca 1942-05 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas TBD Devastator Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay Revetments aircraft | ||||
