TBF-1 of VT-10 launches from USS Enterprise (CV-6) during Battle of Santa Cruz Islands 1942 (80-G-30059)

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U.S. Navy

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U.S. Navy All Hands magazine February 1943, p. 11. Also U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.005.001. Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30059 (cropped).

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A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron 10 (VT-10) prepares for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. The sign visible beyond the plane's landing gear reads "PROCEED WITHOUT HORNET", indicating Enterprise´s strike is not to wait to join up with a strike being launched by the USS Hornet (CV-8). The sign to the left reads "JAP 'CV' SPEED 25 AT 0830" (Japanese aircraft carrier, speed 25 knots, at 0830°).

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