missfolly: TBD-1 torpedo bombers, Torpedo Squadron Six, on flightdeck of USS Enterprise, morning of June 4, 1942 Photograph taken as planes unfold their wings on the deck prior to launching an attack against four Japanese carriers on the first day of the Battle of Midway. Ten of the fourteen planes did not return.

missfolly:

TBD-1 torpedo bombers, Torpedo Squadron Six, on flightdeck of USS Enterprise, morning of June 4, 1942

Photograph taken as planes unfold their wings on the deck prior to launching an attack against four Japanese carriers on the first day of the Battle of Midway.

Ten of the fourteen planes did not return.

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