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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-17063 Battle of Midway, June 1942 Grumman TBF-1 (Bureau # 00380) "Avenger" of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8), photographed at Midway, 25 June 1942, prior to shipment back to the United States for post-battle evaluation. Badly shot-up, this plane was the only survivor of six Midway-based VT-8 TBFs that had attacked the Japanese carrier force in the morning of 4 June. The plane's pilot was Ensign Albert K. Earnest. Crew were Radioman 3rd Class Harrier H. Ferrier and Seaman 1st Class Jay D. Manning. Manning, who was operating the .50 caliber machinegun turret, was killed in action with Japanese fighters during the attack. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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