<p>A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 <i>Devastator</i> torpedo plane (BuNo 0297) of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5) with a wrinkled fuselage, following a landing accident aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Yorktown</i> (CV-5), 3 September 1940. The after end of the carrier's island is in the background.<br></p>
This aircraft was ultimately assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8), and was lost in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942 as "T-3" (crew: ENS William Robinson Evans, Jr. and Ross Eugene Bibb, Jr. ARM3c).
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Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-95000/NH-95311.html">NH 95311</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>