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80-PR-3644 Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" Torpedo Bomber

Photo #: 80-PR-3644  Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" Torpedo Bomber
Title: Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" Torpedo Bomber
Description: Photo #: 80-PR-3644 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator Torpedo Bomber, of Torpedo Squadron Five (VT-5) Undergoing maintenance at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, between the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the departure of VT-5's ship, USS Yorktown (CV-5), for the Pacific on 16 December 1941. This plane is coded 5-T-1, which contemporary records state was Bureau # 0319. Note sign taped to the fuselage: Speed work on this plane. It may sink a Japanese ship. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-PR-3644
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