File:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of VB-16 lands aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), circa in November 1943 (80-G-K-15295).jpg

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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), during the Marshalls and Gilberts Campaign, circa in November 1943. Note the tail hook man running toward the plane to release the arresting wire.
Date circa November 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-K-15295
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15295

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current22:05, 20 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 22:05, 20 December 20205,351 × 3,377 (1.52 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)differnt file to avoid duplication of File:Aircraft landing aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in November 1943 (80-G-K-15290).jpg
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23:01, 22 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:01, 22 September 2007740 × 490 (78 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)Aircraft of ''Carrier Air Group 16 '' return to the ''USS Lexington (CV-16)'' during the Gilberts operation, November 1943. Crewmen in the foreground are sitting on the wing of an SBD-5, as an F6F-3 lands and a TBF-1 taxies to a parking place on the forwa