SBD-5s VB-9 on USS Essex (CV-9) c1943

19 U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 9 (VB-9) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9), probably at Pearl Harbor. VB-9 operated Dauntless´ in combat during the period from 31 August 1943 to 22 February 1944, participating in strikes against Marcus Island, Wake Island, Rabaul, the Gilbert Islands, Wotje-Kwajalein, Roi, Truk, and the Marianas.

Date

1943–1944

Photographer / author

U.S. Navy

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

2,095 × 1,513 pixels

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