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80-G-228118 Torpedo Bombing Practice

Photo #: 80-G-228118 Torpedo Bombing Practice
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Title: Torpedo Bombing Practice
Description: A Mark XIII aerial torpedo broaches after being dropped by a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber from USS Essex (CV-9) during exercises, 30 March 1943. Note the two TBFs overhead, with the leading plane's torpedo bay doors open. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-228118
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