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Summary
| Description | A U.S. Navy Naval Aircraft Factory SBN-1 of torpedo squadron VT-8 in flight, 1941/42. The aircraft served as a trainer for pilots and aircrewmen of the squadron, which was decimated during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 while flying Douglas TBD-1 Devastator s off USS Hornet (CV-8). |
| Date | 1941/42 |
| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.001 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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