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SB2U-3 Vindicator aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-241 taking off from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 4-6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 3	SB2U-3 Vindicator aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-241 taking off from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 4-6 Jun 1942, photo 3 of 3

SBD Dauntless aircraft landing aboard USS Hornet during the Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942; note Landing Signal Officer undernearth the landing aircraft	SBD-2 Dauntless aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-241 at Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2; note damage sustained during attack on Hiryu

SBD-2 Dauntless aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-241 at Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2; note damage sustained during attack on Hiryu	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	Two D3A1 carrier dive bombers from Junyo over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, between 1800 and 1900 hours on 4 Jun 1942

US Navy Ensign Leif Larsenand rear gunner Radioman John F. Gardener in a SBD-3 Dauntles aircraft aboard USS Yorktown in the later afternoon of 4 Jun 1942	US Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander John Waldron's TBD-1 Devastator aircraft taking off of carrier USS Hornet during the Battle of Midway, Pacific Ocean, 4 Jun 1942

US Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander Maxwell Leslie's SBD aircraft crashing safely into the sea due to lack of fuel beside USS Astoria, 1348 hours, 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

VB-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Max Leslie ditched his SBD bomber near Astoria due to fuel exhaustion, Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942; a PBY flew nearby	Yorktown dead in the water, escorted by destroyer Russell, 1330, 4 Jun 1942; two SBD-3 scout bombers flew overhead

Yorktown's hangar deck just after fire was extinguished, 4 Jun 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber hanging overhead	Injured US airmen being taken on a stretcher out of a PBY Catalina aircraft, Midway Atoll, 4-6 Jun 1942

Crew of Yorktown prepared to jettison a TBD-1 Devastator bomber, 6 Jun 1942	SBDs from Hornet over the burning Mikuma, early afternoon, 6 Jun 1942

King George VI inspecting battleship USS Washington at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 7 Jun 1942; note OS2U Kingfisher float plane on catapult	Wounded from Battle of Midway being offloaded from a C-53 variant of C-47 aircraft at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Jun 1942; note Jeep and WC-9 ambulance