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Douglas TBD Devastator
Douglas TBD-1 torpedo Plane (Bu. 0339), of Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3). At NAS North Island, CA, August 22, 1940. It is painted in McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8. Note .30 caliber machinegun in the plane's after cockpit. Original side markings, "3-T-?" can be faintly seen on the after fuselage through the badly weathered paint job. This aircraft was lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, while serving with Torpedo Squadron Two on USS Lexington (CV-2).
[Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center]


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