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tycobb9999 (June 5, 2008 at 2:25 am)
Outstanding video documenting some very brave men; heroes all. Many don't realize how much these young men actually affected the battle. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Hotshotter3000 (May 9, 2008 at 1:06 am)
Not to mention no fighter escort. Those guys didn't stand a chance, and the only one who survived, George Gay, spent over 30 hours in the water before being picked up by a flying boat from Midway. He passed away in 1994 and was cremanted. His ashes were cast into the pacific near the spot where he and his squadron took off on their mission.
likepatsandGTOs (April 28, 2008 at 2:14 am)
Waldron told his squadron they didn't have a great chance at returning. These young guys went anyway...when there was so much at stake for our country. What true courage. I wish there was a much better recounting of their sacrfice than the barely adequate "Midway" movie from 1975.
R686Mack (April 23, 2008 at 2:24 am)
Too slow, no armor, poor armament,and lacking self-sealing fuel tanks these planes were a death trap in 1942. These very brave men are true heros in every sense of the word. I'm sure they knew that they might not return, but they went out anyway. God bless them all.
TBFnut (March 24, 2008 at 5:27 am)
Great footage of some very brave guys. I'm building a 1/32 model of a TBF-1C and would like to know if anyone has the crew names and Bu number and A/C number of any of Hornet's Midway TBFs. Am building a collection of Midway participants. Thanks
DEP717 (March 21, 2008 at 3:57 am)
Wow, thank God for the National Archives. That's a type of thing we don't see enough of in the history shows out there now. Simply amazing, such confident, brave men.
dokaw (March 9, 2008 at 12:04 am)
I guess it's hard to say. The TBD's did okay in a coordinated attack at Coral Sea, but this was with overwhelming firepower against only one carrier, and even then their torps wouldn't explode.
romanbrough (February 14, 2008 at 9:33 pm)
What if the TBDs had arrived after the SBDs, would they have been equally as effective?
oldcremona (January 30, 2008 at 3:09 am)
There are 2 intact TBD Devastators in the semi-shallow waters of Jaluit Lagoon in the Marshall Islands. Their crews ditched on Feb.1 1942 after becoming disoriented after a raid and running low on fuel. They became prisoners and survived the war. Hopefully the planes can be recovered soon.
smilodino (January 8, 2008 at 9:01 am)
I don't know how many TBFs went to Midway but 6 went out along with a number of Marine and Army bombers while marine fighters were being slaughtered.5 TBFs went down while the 6th came back damaged with a wounded gunner and dead radioman/bombardier. |
