Keywords: TBM-3 VA-12A CV-45 1947-48.jpg en U S Navy Grumman TBM-3E/-3Q/-3W Avenger airplanes of attack squadron VA-12A on the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge CV-45 in 1947/48 The Valley Forge was on a world cruise from 9 October 1947 to 11 June 1948 with Carrier Air Group Eleven CVAG-11 embarked The TBM with the white belly on the right is a TBM-3W early warning plane To the left of it in the center of the photograph sits a Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat Official U S Navy Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA VAH VAK VAL VAP and VFA Squadrons http //www history navy mil/download/va105122 pdf U S Navy 1947/48 Grumman TBF Avenger Aboard USS Valley Forge CV-45 Strike Fighter Squadron 115 United States Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy |