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Description A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 is poised for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) for a strike against Saipan in June 1944. Note the rocket rails.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.1175
Author U.S. Navy

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10 June 1944