
Caption | 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 | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-12147 | ||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 25 Jun 1942 | ||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Midway, US Pacific Islands | ||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||
Added Date | 27 Nov 2006 | ||||||||||
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Licensing | 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.