A TBM/TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, marked "87" with a four-leaf clover squadron insignia, sits with wings folded on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). Flight deck crew work around the aircraft as its engine turns over, illustrating the compact, fast-paced operations aboard escort carriers that supported U.S. Navy strike and patrol missions across the Pacific during World War II. Project: 218297