The Battle of Midway
June 3 - 6, 1942		 TORPEDO EIGHT:
FORMING UP OVER HORNET

This remarkable photo shows all fifteen of Torpedo Eight's TBDs as they depart for their attack on Kido Butai on 4 June 1942.  To my knowledge, this photo has never before been published.

Photo courtesy William (Bill) Gibson
Bill was Hornet photographer for her entire wartime career.
THANK YOU BILL!


Click on photo above for a larger view.
Note in the larger view, you can make out a second group
of aircraft above the planes of Torpedo Eight.

 

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