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Photographer: Public Domain - US Navy
Taken: Circa 1944
Caption: U.S.S. Hornet
Additional Description: 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.
Submitted: February 14, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p774187
File Size: 1.339 Megabytes

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