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shank117 — Torpedo Squadron 8
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Published: 2020-04-16 02:27:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 957; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 0
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Pen and Ink Drawing of Torpedo Squadron 8. VT-8's first and best-known combat mission came during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. Flying obsolete Douglas TBD Devastators , all of Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron 's fifteen planes were shot down during their unescorted torpedo attack on Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers. Drawing from 2016Related content
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And, if I recall correctly, only one man survived that ill-fated torpedo run.
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