The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

TBF Avenger Launch

March 24, 2015

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The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.) — (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

Bell P-39 Airacobra photographed at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands.

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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft of the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group in formation over the Pacific in 1942. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)

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