History Presentation and Flight Demonstration
Avengers at Midway
Saturday, August 19
Doors Open—0800 am Presentation Starts—0900 am

The Battle of Midway was the first combat mission for the TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber. After that, the Avenger was highly successful in every major air-sea battle of WW II. However, its initial Midway mission on June 4th, 1942 did not go well.