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The U.S. Navy pilots of the four Consolidated PBY-5A Catalinas of Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24) and VP-51 that flew the torpedo attack mission against the Japanese fleet's Midway Occupation Force during the night of 3-4 June 1942.
Those present are (left to right): Lieutentant (Junior Grade) Douglas C. Davis, of VP-24; Ensign Allan Rothenberg, of VP-51; Lieutenant William L. Richards, Executive Officer of Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44), who flew in a VP-24 aircraft on this mission; and Ensign Gaylord D. Propst, of VP-24.

Richards hit the Japanese oil tanker Akebono Maru, flying PBY "24-P-12". This was the only successful air-launched torpedo attack by the U.S. during the entire Battle of Midway.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-64819 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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