TBD Devastator Photographs | World War II Database

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One SBD Dauntless and five TBD-1 Devastator aircraft prepared to take off from Enterprise, South Pacific, 4 May 1942	TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Torpedo Squadron 6 landing on Enterprise, 4 May 1942.

Shoho burning as she was attacked by aircraft, Battle of Coral Sea, 7 May 1942; note TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber faintly visible to the right of splash	Shoho burning during Battle of Coral Sea, photographed by a torpedo bomber pilot from Yorktown, 7 May 1942; note the faint outline of a TBD-1 in bottom half of photo

Shoho under attack, 7 May 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber visible against the smoke	Damage to Lexington port side number six 5-in gun by dive bomb, Battle of Coral Sea, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note TBD-1 Devastator bomber on deck and F4F-3 Wildcat fighter approaching to land

View of Lexington's flight deck during Battle of Coral Sea, at 1500 on 8 May 1942	TBD Devastator torpedo bomber on the flight deck of USS Hornet, circa 15 May 1942

US Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander Lance E. Massey of Torpedo Squadron 3 in his TBD-1 Devastator aircraft, Naval Air Station Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 24 May 1942	TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Yorktown's Torpedo Squadron 3 in flight during Battle of Midway with a Mk XIII torpedo underneath, 0840 on 4 Jun 1942

TBD-1 of Torpedo Squadron Six prepared to launch from Enterprise for Midway battle, 0730-0740 on 4 Jun 1942; Pensacola in right background	US Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander John Waldron's Devastator aircraft taking off of carrier Hornet, Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942

USS Yorktown underway between 0630 and 0730 hours on 4 Jun 1942; note SBD aircraft next to and forward of the island and TBD-1 aircraft to the aft	Yorktown's hangar deck just after fire was extinguished, 4 Jun 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber hanging overhead

Crew of Yorktown prepared to jettison a TBD-1 Devastator bomber, 6 Jun 1942	USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 1 of 3; note three TBD Devastator aircraft on the fantail

USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 2 of 3; note TBD Devastator and PV-1 Ventura aircraft on flight deck