Keywords: TBM-3E VC-9 takeoff CVE-62 Jun1945.jpg A U S Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber of composite squadron VC-9 taking off from the escort carrier USS Natoma Bay CVE-62 on 7 June 1945 The Natoma Bay had been struck by a Kamikaze plane earlier that day off Okinawa Damage control people can be seen reparing the flight deck in the foreground Official U S Navy photograph http //www navsource org/archives/03/0306211d jpg 1945-06-07 Robert M Cieri USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman TBF Avenger USS Natoma Bay CVE-62 |