This official squadron photograph shows the officers and men of Composite Squadron 76 (VC-76) aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), posed beneath a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber on the flight deck. Taken in the South China Sea in January 1945 under the command of Comdr. J. W. McCauley, the image documents the aviators and support crew who flew combat air patrol, anti-submarine, and strike missions in support of Allied operations in the closing months of the Pacific War. Project: 218455