| Caption | Â Â Â | Pensacola at Sand Island, Midway Atoll, disembarking Marine reinforcements, 25 Jun 1942; at the foreground was the lone surviving land-based Avenger of Midway battle ww2dbase | |||||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||
| Identification Code | Â Â Â | 80-G-12147 | |||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 25 Jun 1942 | |||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Midway, US Pacific Islands | |||||||||
| Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||
| Added Date | Â | 27 Nov 2006 | |||||||||
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| Licensing | Â | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Midway, US Pacific Islands |
| Lat/Long | 28.2014, -177.3814 |
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This Avenger was a Grumman TBF-1 with VT-8 BuNo 00380.