Title
Avengers Preparing for Takeoff
Description
Photograph of crewmen directing TBF Avengers and Torpedo Squadron Twenty-Eight (VT-28) launching from the flight deck of the USS Monterey (CVL-26) for a bombing mission on Tintain in June 1944.
Context
The TBF/TBM Avenger would serve as the Navy's primary torpedo bomber for the majority of the Second World War. As the Japanese Navy's surface fleet dwindled, the Avenger found itself also serving in bombing and other support roles. The Avenger would be the largest single engine aircraft of World War II. Greatly modified after the war, it remained in use until the 1960's.
Accession #
2013.00022
