TBM Avengers of Torpedo Squadron VT-19 on the flight deck of USS Lexington (Essex-class) being readied for a strike against targets on Formosa (Taiwan), 12 Oct 1944.

Caption     TBM Avengers of Torpedo Squadron VT-19 on the flight deck of USS Lexington (Essex-class) being readied for a strike against targets on Formosa (Taiwan), 12 Oct 1944. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Photo Size 1,202 x 700 pixels
Photos on Same Day 12 Oct 1944
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. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
18 Jan 2023 12:54:55 PM

This photograph appeared in many US newspapers and became reasonably well-known. In the 1970s, this image became the inspiration for a storyboard drawing for a Hollywood movie and although the pilot carrying the charts was seen on film running in the opposite direction, the imagery is immediately recognizable in the X-wing hangar scene in Star Wars (1977).

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