After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...

Perhaps the most famous incident linked to the area is the disappearance of Flight 19, which occurred in December 1945 and ...

Now, finally, the U.S. Navy was striking back ... to Hawaii and assumed command of torpedo squadron VT-47, equipped with new TBM Avenger bombers. The squadron soon embarked on the light carrier ...

Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.

Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.

In addition, advanced fighters and dive-bombers were in the testing stage ... that the December 7 attack inspired the plane's name, the Navy gave its new torpedo bomber the name "Avenger" earlier in ...

The Grumman TBF Avenger was an American torpedo bomber that was given a remarkable trial by fire: the Battle of Midway. Debuting in 1942 with the US Navy and US Marine Corps, designed for anti ...