Een Grumman TBF Avenger (USA), torpedovliegtuig voor vliegtuigschepen vertrekt vanaf een vliegdekschip.

Een Grumman TBF Avenger (USA), torpedovliegtuig voor vliegtuigschepen vertrekt vanaf een vliegdekschip. Het originele bijschrift luidt: 'The 'USS Yorktown', kicking up a bow wave as she speeds into the wind, launches one of her TBF 'Avenger' torpedo bombers. Named in honour of her predecessor, lost in the Battle of Midway, the new 'Yorktown', one of the 'Essex'-class carriers, carries a squadron of the hard-hitting torpedo planes, each of which is equipped with a deadly torpedo. 'Avengers' assigned to the smaller escort carriers used for the anti-submarine partol carry depth charges instead of torpedoes, while on some missions a regular bomb is substituted. The 'Avenger' is the heaviest plane in regular operation from carriers. It accommodates a larger crew than any other carrier-based plane. The crew normally consists of pilot, turret gunner and radioman gunner. In an attack, the TBF's go in low, the torpedo-bay doors open, the one-ton tin fish, a full-size submarine torpedo, plunges down and forward.'