MAKE A MEME View Large Image Devastators of VT-6 in flight c1941.jpeg A formation of U S Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron Six VT-6 operating in the Pacific off the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 Established as VT-8S in 1937 the squadron was ...
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Keywords: TBD-1 Devastators of VT-6 in flight c1941.jpeg A formation of U S Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron Six VT-6 operating in the Pacific off the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 Established as VT-8S in 1937 the squadron was redesignated VT-6 that same year Accepting delivery of its first TBD-1 aircraft in 1938 the squadron operated from USS Enterprise CV-6 Following the entry of the United States into World War II VT-6 participated in hit and run raids against the Marshalls and Wake Island Launched on the morning of 4 June 1942 against the Japanese carrier fleet during the Battle of Midway the squadron lost ten of fourteen aircraft during their attack http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16033770 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 1000 ca 1941 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas TBD Devastator
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