The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 23 Jul 1942. Here, upon landing, a TBF Avenger slid off the flight deck into the catwalks; no injuries.

Caption     The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 23 Jul 1942. Here, upon landing, a TBF Avenger slid off the flight deck into the catwalks; no injuries. ww2dbase
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TBF Avenger   Main article  Photos  
Enterprise   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 1,865 x 1,491 pixels
Photos on Same Day 23 Jul 1942
Photos at Same Place Pacific Ocean
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Ellie says:
13 Jun 2022 12:49:53 PM

I guarantee my father was aboard the Enterprise when this photo was taken and knew the airman involved. He was a fighter director officer in radar plot. He knew all of them. He was Commander Joe Ross Riggs

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