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Description: Three U.S. Navy pilots in front of a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber of torpedo squadron VT-11 on Guadalcanal in May 1943. The pilots are (l-r): Lt.(jg) George Gay, LCdr. W.L. Hamilton, and LCdr. F.L. Ashworth (CO VT-11). Lt. Gay was the sole survivor of VT-8 at the Battle of Midway.
Title: TBF-1 VT-11 Guadalcanal May1943
Credit: Official U.S. Navy "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons" [1]
Author: U.S. Navy
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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