Posted on by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment TBD-1 Devastator of VT-5 pictured in flight over Southern California. Note the Navy E and squadron insignia, a Valkyrie or maiden of Odin that hovered over the battlefield and chose those to be slain, on the fuselage beneath the cockpit. The aircraft shown above is 5-T-7 Bu No 0331 pictured in November 1939 when she was operating off USS Yorktown (CV 5) with VT-5. Thus: Bu 0331 was transferred to VT-7 on USS Wasp (CV-8) in 1941 and later operated as a trainer at Dahlgren, Virginia until being scrapped in 1944. via JC's Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/32TQHcp |
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