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US Navy, WWII - TBM-3E Avenger N337VT - "Wolfgang" Squadron - USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)

Ron Carlson's TBM-3E Avenger N337VT

Thursday, December 7, 2017

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US Navy, WWII, USS Bunker Hill Service

May 1945 Engagements:

TG 58.3 Japanese Islands (Tokyo Raids),
Sinking of Imperial Japanese Battleship Yamato,
Okinawa, Support of Okinawa invasion

USS Bunker Hill’s Squadron Compositions:

VT-84 had 15 Grumman TBM-3D AVENGERS
VB-84 had 15 Curtiss SB2C-4E HELLDIVERS
VF-84 had 27 Chance-Vought F4U-1D CORSAIRS, 4 Grumman F6F-5N HELLCATS & 6 Grumman F6F-5P HELLCATS

Symbol for VT-84 Torpedo Squadron - USS Bunker Hill CV-17

WATCH DOCUMENTARY VIDEO - Grumman TBF Avenger Documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr4OftJncuE

About Me

Ron Carlson, RA ILL: Ron is Founder and CEO of PBD, Inc., an architectural firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Ron founded PBD in 1993, which is now one of the leading corporate design firms in Chicago. In addition to being a registered architect, Ron is also an inventor, author, artist, speaker, explorer and instrument rated pilot. Since 2001, Ron has undertaken several solo expeditions in his seaplane to the far north, far above the arctic circle. His primary mission has been to explore and conduct research while searching for relics of the doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845. These English Admiralty explorers on two ships disappeared with all hands in this region. In 2011, Ron was the first to discover and photograph one of the fabled ships; HMS Erebus, which lay below on the shallow ocean floor. Today Ron is primarily focused on his historical documentary channel on YouTube called, "Faces of the Forgotten”, finding and telling unique and intriguing untold stories.

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