File:TBF VT-8 landing on USS Saratoga (CV-8) off Solomons 1942.jpeg

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English: A damaged U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) makes a landing on board the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) without the benefit of a tailhook while the carrier operates off the Solomons. Note that the arrestor wire has caught the main undercarriage. The TBF only suffered some bent propeller blades.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.1173
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