Keywords: TBF VT-8 landing on USS Saratoga (CV-8) off Solomons 1942.jpeg A damaged U S Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger assigned to Torpedo Squadron VT-8 makes a landing on board the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 without the benefit of a tailhook while the carrier operates off the Solomons Note that the arrestor wire has caught the main undercarriage The TBF only suffered some bent propeller blades 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 16033959 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 1173 1942-08 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman TBF Avenger Aboard USS Saratoga CV-3 Solomon Islands Campaign |