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80-G-228119 Torpedo Bombing Practice

Photo #: 80-G-228119 Torpedo Bombing Practice
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Title: Torpedo Bombing Practice
Description: A Mark XIII aerial torpedo porpoising after being dropped by a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber from USS Essex (CV-9) during exercises, 30 March 1943. This is the same torpedo seen in Photo # 80-G-228118, which was taken a second or two earlier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-228119
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