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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 95311

Douglas TBD-1 Torpedo Plane
(Bureau # 0297),
of Torpedo Squadron Five (VT-5)

With a wrinkled fuselage, following a landing accident on USS Yorktown (CV-5), 3 September 1940. The after end of the carrier's island is in the background.
This aircraft was ultimately assigned to Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8), and was lost in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942.

Courtesy of Thomas E. Doll.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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