Douglas TBD 1 Devestator Airfix 1/72 1969 tool

At the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, 15 torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) from USS Hornet found the Japanese ships and attacked. They were met by overwhelming fighter opposition about eight nautical miles (9 mi; 15 km) out, and with no escorts to protect them, they were shot down one by one. Unfortunately, the torpedoes they were carrying proved to be faulty duds and none of them exploded on contact with ships that were attacked. Ensign George H. Gay, USNR, was the only survivor of VT-8 Squadron’s pilots and radiomen.
After WW2, George Gay was an airline pilot for over 30 years. In October 1994, he sadly died of a heart attack at a hospital in Marietta, Georgia.[7] His body was cremated and his ashes spread at the place that his squadron had launched its ill-fated attack.
After the Battle of Midway, the remaining 39 Devastators were withdrawn and transferred to Atlantic Command or used for training. By 1944, all of them had been withdrawn.