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80-G-64755 USS Sterett (DD-407)

Photo #: 80-G-64755 USS Sterett (DD-407)
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Title: USS Sterett (DD-407)
Description: Stops to investigate the wreckage of a SBN-1 aircraft that crashed during Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) carrier qualifications on USS Long Island (AVG-1), 12 November 1941. The plane, some of whose wreckage is floating in the center foreground, was Bureau # 1534. The pilot, Ensign John H. Langdon, USNR, was killed in the accident. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-64755
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