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English:
U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E/-3Q/-3W
Avenger
airplanes of attack squadron VA-12A on the aircraft carrier
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
in 1947/48. The
Valley Forge
was on a world cruise from 9 October 1947 to 11 June 1948 with
Carrier Air Group Eleven (CVAG-11)
embarked. The TBM with the white belly on the right is a TBM-3W early warning plane. To the left of it (in the center of the photograph) sits a Grumman F8F-1
Bearcat
.
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| Date | 1947/48 |
| Source | Official U.S. Navy "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons" [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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