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Description: Five U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avengers from Escort Scouting Squadron 29 (VGS-29) flying in formation over Norfolk, Virginia (USA), on 1 September 1942. VGS-29 was established on 20 May 1942. It was redesignated Composite Squadron 29 (VC-29) on 1 March 1943 and Torpedo Squadron 29 (VT-29) on 1 December 1944. The squadron was disestablished on 1 August 1945.
Title: TBF (Avengers) flying in formation
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Author: Lt. Comdr. Horace Bristol, U.S. Navy
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