http://www.cnet.com/news/how-bentprop-a ... i-bombers/
list shows several TBMs lost at Palau
9/8/1944 TBM 1c 16836 VT-15 USS ESSEX (CV-9) Palau Cenpac Lt jg W. E. Harper s[aved]
9/8/1944 " 73249 VT-15 USS ESSEX (CV-9) {Ditto} Lt. C. D. Webb u[?]
9/10/1944 " 17018 VT-20 USS Enterprise CV-6 Palau Cenpac Lt J. Ross MANOWN M[issing]
9/11/1944 " 45461 VT-51 USS San Jacinto CLV-30 PAlau Cenpac {No remarks concerning crew}
9/12/1944 " 46074 VT-13 USS Franklin CV-13 Palau Cenpac {ditto}
9/12/1944 " 73167 VT-13 {Ditto} {ditto} {ditto}
9/13/1944 " 45632 VC-75 USS OMMANEY BAY (CVE-79) {ditto} Lt jg J. R. Sprague s{aved}
9/15/1944 " 45676 VT-51 USS San Jacinto CLV-30 {ditto} Lt jg F. N. Waters d[ied]
9/16/1944 " 45785 VT-8 USS Bunker Hill CV-17 {ditto} {no remarks concerning crew}
9/16/1944 " 45678 VC-20 USS KADASHAN BAY (CVE-76) {ditto} Ensign Lucius M. Wills s[aved]
9/17/1944 " 73247 VT-8 USS Bunker Hill CV-17 {ditto} Ensign A.W. Reese s[aved}
9/18/1944 " 45677 VC-75 USS OMMANEY BAY (CVE-79) {ditto} No remarks concerning crew
9/18/1944 " 45666 VC-75 USS OMMANEY BAY (CVE-79) {ditto} No remarks concerning crew
9/23/1944 " 45679 VC-75 USS OMMANEY BAY (CVE-79) {ditto} no remarks concerning crew
9/25/1944 " 46052 VC-77 USS RUDYERD BAY (CVE-81) {ditto} Lt C.A. Collins s[aved]
9/27/1944 " 46318 Vc-66 USS FANSHAW BAY (CVE-70) ENR Palau Lt. Nelson R. Charles s[aved]
TBMs Lost at Palau 1944
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