A Grumman TBF-1 <i>Avenger</i> (BuNo 00380, coded 8-T-1) from Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8), soon after returning to Naval Air Station Midway from the morning strike against the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. The TBF flown by Ensign Bert Earnest was the sole surviving plane of 21 aircraft of VT-8 on that day. Earnest landed the damaged plane on one wheel at Eastern Island, Midway Atoll.
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