Editing VT-8 (section)

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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Torpedo Squadron 8
| image                         = Pilots of VT-8.jpg
| image_size                    = 300px
| caption                       = Standing (L-R): Owens, Ensign Fayle {transferred}; Waldron, R.A. Moore, U.M. Moore, Evans, Teats, Cambell.<br /> Kneeling (L-R): Ellison, Kenyon, Gray, sole survivor Gay, Woodson, Creamer, Miles
| dates                         = 1942–1945
| country                       = [[United States]]
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| branch                        = [[United States Navy]]
| type                          = Attack
| role                          = [[Close air support]]<br />[[Air interdiction]]
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| command_structure             = Hornet Air Group, later Carrier Air Group 8
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| battles                       = [[World War II]]
* [[Battle of Midway]]
* [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]
| aircraft_attack               = [[Douglas TBD Devastator]]<br />[[Grumman TBM Avenger]]
| anniversaries                 = 
| decorations                   = [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]
<!-- Commanders -->| notable_commanders            = John C. Waldron<br />
Harold H. Larsen
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'''Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8)''' was a [[United States Navy]] squadron of [[World War II]] [[torpedo bomber]]s. VT-8 was assigned initially to the air group of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}}, joining the ship shortly after her [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] in October 1941.

After heavy losses in the [[Battle of Midway]], VT-8 was assigned to {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}}. When ''Saratoga'' was disabled on 31 August, VT-8 was transferred to [[Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)|Henderson Field]] on [[Guadalcanal]], operating there until November 1942. Due to heavy cumulative losses on Guadalcanal, VT-8 was then withdrawn and disbanded.

A second VT-8 was established in 1943, and served on {{USS|Bunker Hill|CV-17|6}} until the end of the war.