MAKE A MEME View Large Image SBD VB-16 over Dublon 1944.jpg A U S Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-16 off the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 pictured over Dublon and Eten Island en route to strike Japanese installations at Truk 17-18 February ...
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Keywords: SBD VB-16 over Dublon 1944.jpg A U S Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-16 off the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 pictured over Dublon and Eten Island en route to strike Japanese installations at Truk 17-18 February 1944 VB-16 operated from Lexington during the period September 1943-June 1944 and was for a time one of only two Dauntless squadrons assigned to Pacific fleet carriers The squadron also participated in the famous attack against the Japanese Fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 687 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16036056 QueryPage 2FQuery php between 1944-02-17 1944-02-18 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Operation Hailstone
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