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SBD with experimental machine gun pods beneath each wing


SBD-5 assigned to unidentified squadron pictured on the ground in the South Pacific


SBD-5's of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 231 VMSB-2321 taxi on the airstrip at Majouro in the Marshalls prior to launching on attack against Japanese installations


SBD-5 of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron Two Hundred Thirty-One VMSB-231 Majuro Atoll after returning from a strike against Japanese installations on Mille Atoll


Deck crewmen aboard USS Hornet CV-8 maneuver an SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Eight VB-8 into position on the carriers flight deck


Flight deck personnel maneuver an SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 on to a deck edge wheel mount on USS Enterprise CV-6


Bombing Squadron 42 VB-42 during night carrier qualifications on board USS RANGER CV-4 during operations in the Atlantic


SBD-5 over fleet


Marine Corps SBD enroute to a bombing mission against Vunakanan Airdrome on Rabaul


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Ten VB-10 off USS Enterprise CV-6 pictured in flight during operations against Palau Woeai and Yap Islands with major oil leak


SBD-5 aircraft assigned to Scouting Squadron 37 VS-37 pictured in flight over the Caribbean


SBD-5 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron Fifty-One VS-51 pictured in flight over the Pacific


SBD-3 assigned to Scouting Squadron Two VS-2 pictured in flight


SBD-3 assigned to Utility Squadron Seven VJ-7 pictured in flight over San Diego CA


SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Three VB-3 pictured in flight


SBD-5 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron Sixty-Four VS-64 in flight over New Georgia in the Solomon Islands


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Sixteen VB-16 off USS Lexington CV-16 pictured over Dublon Eaton Island enroute to strike Japanese installations at Truk

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SBD-5 assigned to Utility Squadron Four VJ-4 pictured in flight


A pair of SBD-5's of Bombing Squadron Nine VB-9 off USS Essex CV-9 pictured in flight over the Pacific


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Ten VB-10 pictured in the landing pattern above USS Enterprise CV-6 during operations in the Pacific


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron 98 VB-98 flown by LT JG F James Prinz pictured in flight over Bougainville


SBD-5 assigned to unidentified squadron pictured in flight somewhere over the Pacific


A pair of SBD-5 aircraft assigned to Scouting Squadron 37 VS-37 pictured in flight over the Caribbean


A pair of SBD-5's attached to Bombing Squadron Five VB-5 returning to USS Yorktown CV-10


SBD-5 assigned to Bombing Squadron Ten VB-10 off USS Enterprise CV-6 pictured in flight over the Pacific


SBD-5 assigned to Marine Scout Bomber Squadron One Hundred Forty-Two VMSB-142


SBD-3 assigned to Scouting Squadron Five VS-5 pictured in flight


formation of three SBD-5's of Composite Squadron 24 VC-24 off USS Belleau Wood CVL-24 pictured in formation near Trinidad


SBD-3 of Utility Squadron 14 VJ-14 pictured in flight near Moffett Field CA


SBD-5 landing OLF Concord 1944


SBD-5's of Bombing Squadron Five VB-5 off USS Yorktown CV-10 pictured in flight over the Pacific


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Sixteen VB-16 flies an antisubmarine patroll over the battleship USS Washington BB-56 enroute to the invasion of the Gilbert Islands


SBD-3 of VS-5 pictured in flight over Oahu with SO3C-1 of CASU-1 probably prior to the Guadalcanal invasion


SBD-3's of Scouting Squadron Five VS-5 and Bombing Squadron Five VB-5 pictured enroute to attack Japanese installations on Tulagi


SBD-5's of Bombing Squadron Sixteen VB-16 off USS Lexington CV-16 fly low over Japanese installations on Param Island Truk Atoll

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That pix of Majuro brought back some memories, I've landed C-54 on that strip a couple of times when I worked on Kwaj.

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I wonder if the guy flying the -5 from VB-10 wrote up 'suspect high oil consumption'?

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SBD-3's assigned to Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured in formation probably in the vicinity of Hawaii


SBD-3's of Escort-Scouting Squadron 29 VGS-29 off USS Santee ACV-29 return from a scouting mission in the Atlantic


SBD-4's of Bombing Squadron 41 VB-41 and Bombing Squadron 42 VB-42 off USS Ranger CV-4 pictured in formation during a training flight


A formation of SBD-4 5 aircraft pictured in formation probably in the Pacific Bombing Nine operated Dauntless in combat from USS Essex CV-9


SBD-5's of Bombing Squadron Five VB-5 off USS Yorktown CV-10 pictured in formation


SBD-5's of Bombing Squadron Ten VB-10 off USS Enterprise CV-6 pictured in left echelon formation after a raid against Palau


SBD-3's of Scouting Squadron Six VS-6 pictured in right echelon formation


formation of eleven SBD-5's of Bombing Squadron Ten VB-10 off USS Enterprise CV-6 pictured enroute to the target island of Palau


SBD-4 assigned to the Royal New Zealand Air Force received the attention of ground personnel on Espiritu Santo


An SBD-4 of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron VMSB233 pictured on the ground at Henderson Field on Guadalacanal


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured on the flight deck of USS Intrepid CV-11


SBD-5 makes a belly landing on the flight deck of USS Yorktown CV-10 after participating in the strike against Truk


SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron Sixteen VB-16 crashes into the barrier on the flight deck of USS Lexington CV-16


An SBD-2 or 3 of either Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 or Scouting Squadron Six VS-6 crashes into the catwalk after catching a wire on board USS Enterprise CV-6


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Sixteen VB-16 noses over after taking the barrier on the flight deck of USS Lexington CV-16


SBD noses over on the flight deck of a light carrier possibly USS Princeton CVL-23


SBD-5 assigned to Composite Squadron 21 VC-21 tumbles over the side during flight operations on board USS Cabot CVL-28 operating off Norfolk

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above: The Marines have landed

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Nice !!!

Making me homesick for my baby in Galveston

Stoney! Thats the best post of the week!LMAO What an entrance.

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Hang The Expense

A SBD thread so I can ask a question.
Tales of the South Pacific, James A Michener, The Airstrip at Konora
"An SBD flying medium high cover tangled with a Japanese intruder and shot it down. ..."
The end of the incident being that the SBD, flown by Michener's favourite pilot Bus Adams had to make an emergency landing on the uncompleted strip.

Is this Michener story telling in disregard for facts or was the SBD used in this role with any success?

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Tks for all the series......absolutely cracking and enjoyable.....

OK...what is the thingy doo on the side of this one????

I have seen wind operated practice target apparatus....but this is too small.....

Watch DOG FIGHTS episode 10, season 1 about Capt. S.W. Vejtasa (ret) and his running fight in an SBD against an A6M to see just how tough that old chicken really was.

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Maybe not an SBD-4, but do you still have the photo of the SBD with the "guage" or "inclinometer" out on the wing Mark? It was in the Life Looks At Early Carrier Ops thread or somesuch back in June, but it appears you deleted the photos.

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"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

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Trivia time, what is that 'pull handle' shaped antenna sticking out of the bottom of the wing in the 'Mark for Mark' photo for?

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