Title - TBF-1 Avenger Prepares to Launch from USS Enterprise, Battle of Santa Cruz
Description - 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°).
Description Source - U.S. Navy
Year - October 26, 1942
TBF-1 Avenger Prepares to Launch from USS Enterprise, Battle of Santa Cruz
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