Crewmen aboard USS Saratoga lift AOM Kenneth Bratton USNR out of a TBF Avenger’s rear turret after a raid on Rabaul on 5 November 1943. The aircraft and a friendly F6F Hellcat successfully fought off eight attacking Zeroes shooting down three. Bratton and pilot Commander Henry Caldwell survived. Photographer’s Mate Paul Barnett was killed in action.
