File:TBM on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) in 1945.jpg

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Description A plane director aboard the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) uses arm signals to position a Grumman TBM Avenger bomber on the ship's starboard catapult, during operations off Kyushu, Japan, 8 September 1945. Flight deck crewmen are attaching a catapult bridle to the plane. Note rockets (probably 3.5-inch) mounted under the TBM's wing, and resting on the cart in the left center background. The TBM wears "G-symbol" air group identification markings.
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Source Official U.S. Marine Corps photo USMC 20136542 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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