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Escort carrier USS Bogue in Measure 32/Design 4A paint steaming off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, Feb 1945. Note TBM Avengers on deck.TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers flying from the carrier Bunker Hill, western Pacific, Feb 1945Essex-class carrier USS Bon Homme Richard cruising in the Gulf of Paria between Trinidad and Venezuela on her shakedown cruise, 7 Feb 1945. Note TBM Avenger on her deck and Coast Guard guard boat alongsideTBM-3 Avenger of VT-82 flying from the carrier Bennington struggles to remain airborne after receiving heavy damage in a mid-air collision with another Avenger over Chi Chi Jima, 18 Feb 1945.
Escort carrier USS Bogue in Measure 32/Design 4A paint steaming off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, Feb 1945. Note TBM Avengers on deck.TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers flying from the carrier Bunker Hill, western Pacific, Feb 1945Essex-class carrier USS Bon Homme Richard cruising in the Gulf of Paria between Trinidad and Venezuela on her shakedown cruise, 7 Feb 1945. Note TBM Avenger on her deck and Coast Guard guard boat alongsideTBM-3 Avenger of VT-82 flying from the carrier Bennington struggles to remain airborne after receiving heavy damage in a mid-air collision with another Avenger over Chi Chi Jima, 18 Feb 1945.
A 37mm gun on Iwo Jima beach with Mount Suribachi in background, 20 Feb 1945; note the TBM Avenger flying overheadTBM-3 Avenger of Marine Torpedo Squadron 242 at Motoyama #2 airstrip, Iwo Jima preparing for Anti-Submarine Patrol, Feb-Mar 1945US Navy TBM-3 Avenger over Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945; note Mount Suribachi in center of photo and Allied ships to northwest (left)USS Hornet off Okinawa, Japan, 27 Mar 1945; note various aircraft on the flight deck
A 37mm gun on Iwo Jima beach with Mount Suribachi in background, 20 Feb 1945; note the TBM Avenger flying overheadTBM-3 Avenger of Marine Torpedo Squadron 242 at Motoyama #2 airstrip, Iwo Jima preparing for Anti-Submarine Patrol, Feb-Mar 1945US Navy TBM-3 Avenger over Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945; note Mount Suribachi in center of photo and Allied ships to northwest (left)USS Hornet off Okinawa, Japan, 27 Mar 1945; note various aircraft on the flight deck
A TBM Avenger trailing smoke returning to the carrier USS Essex after being damaged by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a strike on Minami Daito Jima in the Okinawa Operation, 28 Mar 1945.3 TBM-1C Avengers and 2 FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron 69 readying for take-off from escort carrier USS Mission Bay on an anti-submarine patrol in the Atlantic, spring 1945.Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deckAustralian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck.
A TBM Avenger trailing smoke returning to the carrier USS Essex after being damaged by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a strike on Minami Daito Jima in the Okinawa Operation, 28 Mar 1945.3 TBM-1C Avengers and 2 FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron 69 readying for take-off from escort carrier USS Mission Bay on an anti-submarine patrol in the Atlantic, spring 1945.Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deckAustralian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck.
Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.TBM-3 Avenger flying over Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima after US forces had fully occupied the island, Mar-Apr 1945. Note storage tanks, tents, and other improvements set up by US forces.F4U Corsairs and TBM Avengers of Air Group 6 aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 2 Apr 1945Six TBM-3 Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 6 flying from the carrier Hancock during a raid on Amami-O-Shima in the Okinawa Campaign, 4 Apr 1945.
Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.TBM-3 Avenger flying over Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima after US forces had fully occupied the island, Mar-Apr 1945. Note storage tanks, tents, and other improvements set up by US forces.F4U Corsairs and TBM Avengers of Air Group 6 aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 2 Apr 1945Six TBM-3 Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 6 flying from the carrier Hancock during a raid on Amami-O-Shima in the Okinawa Campaign, 4 Apr 1945.
TBM Avenger torpedo planes of Composite Squadron 84 from USS Makin Island flying over Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 16 Apr 1945Aviation Ordinancemen loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Bennington, May 1945. Note the torpedo’s plywood drag ring on the nose and wooden tail shroud.F6F Hellcat fighter coming up on the Number 3 flight deck elevator on USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945. Note TBM-3 Avengers and SB2C Helldivers also on deck.TBM-3 Avengers with Torpedo Squadron 87 flying from the carrier Ticonderoga, May 1945.
TBM Avenger torpedo planes of Composite Squadron 84 from USS Makin Island flying over Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 16 Apr 1945Aviation Ordinancemen loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Bennington, May 1945. Note the torpedo’s plywood drag ring on the nose and wooden tail shroud.F6F Hellcat fighter coming up on the Number 3 flight deck elevator on USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945. Note TBM-3 Avengers and SB2C Helldivers also on deck.TBM-3 Avengers with Torpedo Squadron 87 flying from the carrier Ticonderoga, May 1945.

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