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File:TBD Devastators of VT-2 in flight c1938.jpeg

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Three U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2) pictured in formation. Note the squadron insignia, a Bombman astride a torpedo, on the fuselage beneath the cockpit. The three TBDs had much different careers:
TBD-1, BuNo 0292, was delivered to VT-2 as "2-T-9". The aircraft was lost on 12 January 1940 with VT-3 in a mid-air collision with TBD-1 BuNo 0373. The crew (Ens. Walter G. Barnes, Jr. P. E. Dickson, AMM2 C. W. Post, RM2) bailed out safely.
TBD-1, BuNo 0292, was delivered to VT-2 as "2-T-7" (section leader). It was later lost with VT-5 (as "5-T-7") when it crash-landed in the Jaluit Atoll lagoon, Marshall Islands, on 1 February 1942. The crew (Lt. Harlan T. Johnson (XO VT-5), Charles E. Fosha, ACMM, NAP, James W. Dalzell, RM1c) became prisoners of war. This aircraft was rediscovered, circa 1997 (location: N 5 58' 39" E 169 27' 6").

TBD-1, BuNo 0293, was delivered to VT-2 as "2-T-8". It was later lost with VT-8 (as "T-6") during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. The crew (Ens. William W. Creamer, Francis S. Polston, SEA2c) was killed.
Date circa 1937-1939
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.887
Author U.S. Navy

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