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SBD on USS Lexington (CV-2) 1941
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SBD on USS Lexington (CV-2) 1941

U.S. Navy plane handlers maneuver a Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-2 into position on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2). Note the overall gray light gray paint scheme with white numbering and lettering that was carried on U.S. Navy aircraft for a brief time during 1941. Established as bombing squadron VB-5B in 1934, the squadron was redesignated VB-2 in 1937 and began operating from Lexington. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, VB-2 participated in the March 1942 raid against Lae and Salamaua and the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.

Date
1941
Photographer / author
U.S. Navy
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
image
Original size
2,112 × 1,662 pixels

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