Grumman Avenger dropping torpedo, Bougainville

Grumman Avenger dropping torpedo, Bougainville
Here we see a Grumman Avenger dropping a torpedo at shipping in a harbour on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, probably before or during October 1943.
Torpedo Bombers 1900-1950, Jean-Denis Lepage. Looks at the fairly short history of the torpedo bomber, focusingly mainly on the aircraft themselves, with a series of historical introductions looking at the development of the torpedo and torpedo bomber, and each of the historical periods the book is split into. The book is built around hundreds of short articles on the individual aircraft, each supported by at least one of the author’s own illustrations. Very useful for the earlier period, and well into the Second World War, perhaps less so later on, reflecting the decline of the actual torpedo bomber!(Read Full Review)
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