Photo #: NH 96165
Douglas TBD-1 torpedo Plane (Bureau # 0339),
of Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3)
At Naval Air Station, North Island, California, 22 August 1940.
It is painted in McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design
number 8.
Note .30 caliber machinegun in the plane's after cockpit. Uncamouflaged
VT-3 TBD-1s are in the background.
This aircraft was lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May
1942, while serving with Torpedo Squadron Two on USS Lexington
(CV-2).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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