US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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Wp,:rwy;wuu1uyuuu mm, ii, nu... r oTTocking forces in our gollonT efforT To h The Navy during backbone of ou This was shown in essful boTTIes wiTh drive The enemy from The sea and air. The enemy, The SBD DounTless div 1' M r gave way To a The BoTTIe of Midway when our dive bombers oTTocked a new and improved 582C Helldiver :3 0rd Navy Carrier huge force of Jop oircrof carriers and drove Them off, Thus equipment. This change was necesgg inTroducTion removing The enemy's sTing and probably saving Hawaii of new dive bombe TocTics and and The Pacific CoosT. I. range, w and deadly In oddiTion To mg work, The SBDs 0nd SBQCS have x ' issions, sTrofing ene- as and shore insTollo- searching and oTTock- my ground Troop Tions, direcTing ship and shore ing submarines, mine-oning hoTogrophic reconnais- sance. The success wiTh which y have carried ouT These missions is shown by The vosT omounT of enemy shipping de- ..Tu M -;.g x . ,. x. va u. u,u sTroyed. ATTached To circrofT carriers and advanced bases Through- ouT The ATIonTic and Pacific Areas, The SBDs have been on The iob TwenTy-fcur hours 0 day. They have become The . u x i T e . . a g .y..y.v $..... -' .. u u

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.n . , .. .. .......-.,.arida-num: The TBF and TBM planes, fovoriTes among Navy piIoTs for The delicoTe iob of Torpedo bombing, are fosT, heavily armed and capable of carrying desTrucTive Torpedces or on equal load of bombs and mines. The planes, used by boTh The Navy and Marine Corps Squadrons, have performed in C: mognificenT manner and are responsible for The desTrucTion of Jop shio g and shore insTolloTions. moTerioI improve veloped ThoT all IpoTe in more differenT Types of missions Than 9 oTher Type of plane designed. Among oTher Tosks performed by These planes are sTroTing, high-level, skip and mosTheod bombing, scouTing, dropping depTh charges on sub- marine: ed 05 T ATTeI Coral 3 gallant oThers rose 0! planes Ope oircraf Pacific squadl shippil c1 pot in The