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| Keywords: Yorktown TBD Huon Gulf March 1942.jpg en U S Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft from torpedo squadron VT-5 assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-5 prepare to attack Japanese shipping with bombs in the Huon Gulf supporting the Japanese invasion of Lae-Salamaua New Guinea on 10 March 1942 Two Japanese ships possibly the auxiliary vessel Noshiro Maru and minesweeper Hagoromo Maru can be seen making a smoke screen below in anticipation of the air attack The first plane on the left was piloted by Joe Taylor the second by Leonard E Ewoldt and the third by Francis R Sanborn Scanned from book Cressman Robert 2004 That Gallant Ship USS Yorktown CV-5 Pictorial Histories Publishing Company p 75 Photographer's Mate 2nd Class F J Meers USN 1942-03-10 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas TBD Devastator New Guinea campaign | ||||
