JATO Launch
#otd Grumman TBF-1 taking off with JATO from USS Makassar Strait CVE-91 during training operations off Hawaii on 9 January 1945. #tbf...
Flight Test
#otd XTBF-3 24141 in flight over NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 16 December 1943. #paxriver #avenger #tbfavenger #wwii #flynavy...
TBF Avenger (1943)
#otd, TBF Avenger on patrol over Makin Island in the Gilbert Group, 20 November 1943. #tbf #tbfavenger #wwii #makinislnd #flynavy...
Avenger launch from USS Enterprise CV-6 (1942)
#otd TBF Avenger is readied for take-off from USS Enterprise CV-6, to strike a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Santa Cruz...
Just a flesh wound!
Just a flesh wound!!! A damaged TBF (note wingtip) lands on USS Hornet CV-12 during strikes in the Marianas area, June 1944. #usshornet...
