U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 <i>Devastator</i> aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5) parked at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), on 13 September 1941. Douglas SBD-3 <i>Dauntless</i> planes of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5) are beyond the TBDs, with Grumman F4F <i>Wildcat</i> fighters and Vought SB2U <i>Vindicator</i> scout bombers further in the left background. The TBDs have been recently repainted in the new blue gray &amp; light gray colour scheme, while the other planes are still in the earlier overall light gray. VT-5 and VB-5 were assigned to the the aircraft carrier USS <i>Yorktown</i> (CV-5) , which left Norfolk on the following day for operations in the North Atlantic.
13 September 1941<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1941-09-13T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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