A TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-4 resting upside down on two of USS Ranger’s port stacks following a landing accident in the mid-Atlantic, 2 Mar 1943. Note the tailhook still hooked to the arresting cable.Battleship USS Mississippi entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2 Mar 1943.
A TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-4 resting upside down on two of USS Ranger’s port stacks following a landing accident in the mid-Atlantic, 2 Mar 1943. Note the tailhook still hooked to the arresting cable.Battleship USS Mississippi entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2 Mar 1943.


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