File:General Motors TBM Avengers of VMTB-233 in flight over Okinawa, Japan, in May-June 1945.jpg
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English: Two U.S. Marine Corps General Motors TBM Avenger of Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 233 (VMTB-233) in flight over Okinawa, Japan, in May-June 1945. VMTB-233 was assigned to Marine Carrier Air Group 1 (MCVG-1) aboard the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106). Note that the second aircaft wears a aircraft recognition sign on it s tail fin, a white square with an blue "I". Originally it was a white "B" with an "I" (for "Block Island"). However, this had to be removed as the U.S. Navy feared that the Japanese so could identify the parent carrier. Note the white-painted hospital ship below. |
| Date | between May 1945 and June 1945 |
| Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Block Island (CVE-21) and (CVE-106) 1944-1946 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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