Photo #: NH 69420
TBM "Avenger" torpedo planes,
of Composite Squadron 84 (VC-84)
Fly over Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, on 16 April 1945.
View looks east.
The planes were based on board USS Makin Island (CVE-93).
Collection of Vice Admiral Calvin T. Durgin. Donated by his daughter,
Mrs. Phyllis Durgin Sherrill, 1969.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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