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| Keywords: TBF-1 Avengers of VT-2 over USS Hornet (CV-12) in 1944.jpg Two U S Navy Grumman TBF-1C Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 2 VT-2 pass over the aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 prior to entering the pattern for recovery on board the carrier Note the mission markings on the aircraft as well as the white dot on their tails indicating assignment to USS Hornet VT-2 operated from Hornet during that carrier's initial combat actions between March and September 1944 This included the Mission Beyond Darkness in the June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea as well as strikes against the Palaus Carolines the Bonin Islands New Guinea and the Marianas http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16033867 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php NNAM 1996 253 1089 between 1944-03 1944-09 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman TBF Avenger in flight USS Hornet CV-12 Pacific War in 1944 | ||||
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