Keywords: TBF-1 of VT-10 launches from USS Enterprise (CV-6) during Battle of Santa Cruz Islands 1942.jpg A U S Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron 10 VT-10 prepares for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 26 October 1942 The sign visible beyond the plane's landing gear reads PROCEED WITHOUT HORNET indicating Enterprise´s strike is not to wait to join up with a strike being launched by the USS Hornet CV-8 The sign to the left reads JAP 'CV' SPEED 25 AT 0830 Japanese aircraft carrier speed 25 knots at 0830° http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194302 pdf February 1943 p 11 Also http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 18366 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 005 001 1942-10-26 U S Navy other versions File EnterpriseAvenger jpg PD-USGov Grumman TBF Avenger Aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands |