File:TBM-3R VR-22 CVB-41 backwards launch.jpg

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Description A Grumman TBM-3R Avenger COD-plane of transport squadron VR-22 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41). Note that the Avenger launches towards the stern. Naval Air Transport Squadron VR-22 was commissioned in late 1950 at the U.S. Naval Air Station Norfolk (Virginia, USA). The squadron was disestablished in 1967. The photo was probably taken in the early 1950s.
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Source www.midwaysailor.com [1]
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current16:52, 1 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 16:52, 1 February 2008700 × 550 (73 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=A Grumman TBM-3R ''Avenger'' COD-plane of transport squadron VR-22 launches from the aircraft carrier ''USS Midway (CVB-41)''. Note that the ''Avenger'' launches towards the stern. Naval Air Transport Squadron VR-22 was commissi

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