File:TBF-1 of VT-10 launches from USS Enterprise (CV-6) during Battle of Santa Cruz Islands 1942 (80-G-30059).jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron 10 (VT-10) prepares for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. The sign visible beyond the plane's landing gear reads "PROCEED WITHOUT HORNET", indicating Enterprise´s strike is not to wait to join up with a strike being launched by the USS Hornet (CV-8). The sign to the left reads "JAP 'CV' SPEED 25 AT 0830" (Japanese aircraft carrier, speed 25 knots, at 0830°).
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Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine February 1943, p. 11. Also U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.005.001. Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30059 (cropped).
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04:41, 17 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 04:41, 17 June 2006600 × 540 (38 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information| |Description= A TBF Avenger prepares for launch from ''USS Enterprise'' during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. The sign visible beyond the plane's landing gear reads "PROCEED WITHOUT HORNET", indicating

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