SBD-5 of VB-10 over USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1944
A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) pictured in the landing pattern above the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during operations in the Pacific. Note the bomb rack and YE radar antenna beneath the starboard wing. One of the last two SBD squadrons to operate from U.S. fleet carriers during World War II, VB-10 flew from the deck of the Big E during the period January-July 1944, and participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 19-20 June 1944.
- Date
- 1944-01
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- U.S. Navy
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- image
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- 2,151 × 1,608 pixels
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