File:Wrecked TBF-1 VT-8 on Guadalcanal 1942.jpeg

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Description On Guadalcanal, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant John Davis examines the wreckage of a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, flown by Ensign Albert K. Earnest during his service with Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) during the campaign for the embattled island. Note the silhouette of a torpedo hit scored during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.1177
Author U.S. Navy

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