TBD Devastator Photographs | World War II Database

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View of USS Saratoga from a TBD-1 Devastator aircraft which had just taken off from the flight deck, circa summer 1941	TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Torpedo Squadron 6 in flight over carrier Enterprise in landing pattern, as indicated by the down arrestor hook and wheel, 29 Jul 1941

Torpedo Squadron 5 TBD-1 Devastator aircraft parked at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 13 Sep 1941; note SBD-3, F4F, and SB2U aircraft beyond	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft on landing pattern, Oct 1941; note USS Saratoga, the aircraft's destination, in background

TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Torpedo Squadron 6 in flight, late 1941	TBD-1A experimental floatplane in low-level flight during torpedo drop tests at the Newport Torpedo Station, Rhode Island, United States, 10 Oct 1941

Lexington leaving San Diego, California, 14 Oct 1941, with F2A-1 fighters parked forward, SBD scout-bombers amidships, and TBD-1 torpedo bombers aft	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft 6-T-10 of Torpedo Squadron 6 dropped a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, 20 Oct 1941

TBD-1 Devastator aircraft 6-T-19 of Torpedo Squadron 6 dropped a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, 20 Oct 1941	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft 6-T-4 of Torpedo Squadron 6 dropped a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, 20 Oct 1941

TBD-1 Devastator aircraft 6-T-9 of Torpedo Squadron 6 dropped a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, 20 Oct 1941	TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 6 dropped a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, 20 Oct 1941, photo 1 of 2

TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 6 dropped a Mark XIII torpedo during exercises in the Pacific, 20 Oct 1941, photo 2 of 2	F4F-3 Wildcat inside USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 Oct 1941; note spare TBD and SBD aircraft hanging overhead

Maintaining a TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 5 at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa 7-16 Dec 1941	View of Naval Air Station Ford Island, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Dec 1941; note OS2U, SOC, PBY-5, F4F-3, and TBD-1 aircraft

TBD Devastator in a revetment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, 1942. Note that the plane is already armed with a torpedo.	A TBD-1 Devastator bomber flew over Wake Island during the American attack of 24 Feb 1942; note thick smoke in lower center

TBD-1 Devastator and F4F-3 Wildcat aircraft parked on Enterprise's flight deck, Apr 1942	USS Yorktown seen from a TBD-1 aircraft, Pacific Ocean, Apr 1942; note F4F-3 Wildcat fighter preparing for takeoff, and fleet oiler USS Guadaloupe, a destroyer, and a cruiser just beyond