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English: Crewmen aboard USS Saratoga lift AOM 2nd Class Kenneth Bratton, USNR, out of a TBF Avenger's rear turret after a raid on Rabaul on 5 November 1943. He was wounded by 7.7mm bullets in his left knee and upper thigh. The aircraft and a friendly F6F Hellcat (LTJG Stanley K. Crockett) successfully fought off eight attacking Zeroes, claiming three. Crockett's F6F had 268 bullet holes (54 in the cockpit area), TBF "19" of VT-19 had 109 bullet holes, with hydraulics, elevators and intercom shot up – despite that the pilot Commander Henry Caldwell made an almost perfect one-wheel down arrested landing. Bratton, ACRM (radioman and ventral tunnel gunner) Robert W. Morey (wounded in shoulder, face, and neck) and pilot Caldwell survived. Photographer's Mate Paul Barnett was killed in action – the back of his head torn off by a 7.7mm bullet.
Date Taken on 5 November 1943
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Author Photo by Lt. Wayne Miller (US Navy photo 80-G-415477); The original uploader was Binksternet at English Wikipedia., 15 October 2007 (original upload date)

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  • 2007-10-15 01:03 Binksternet 1088×1410× (194180 bytes) Crewmen lifting Kenneth Bratton out of turret of TBF on the [[USS Saratoga (CV-3)]] after raid on Rabaul. Photo by Lt. Wayne Miller, November 1943. Source: US Navy

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