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| Keywords: TBD Devastators of VT-2 in flight c1938.jpeg 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 <br> TBD-1 BuNo 0292 was delivered to VT-2 as 2-T-9 The aircaft 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 <br> 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 <br> 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 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16036256 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 887 ca 1937-1939 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas TBD Devastator | ||||
