The crewmen of the American search plane that located the Japanese invasion force headed for Midway atoll pose beside their Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat.

PBY crew

Lt Jg Hamilton McWhorter III, nicknamed "one slug". First true Hellcat ace, first double Hellcat ace. Flew with VF-9, then later with VF-12. Ended the war with 13 kills.

Hamilton McWhorter III

Ens. George Gay, Texas A&M Class of 1940. Sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8, at the Battle of Midway. texag57/Deo Vindice


