File:Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of VB-6 taking off from USS Enterprise (CV-6), 19 May 1942 (80370).jpg
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editDescriptionDouglas SBD-3 Dauntless of VB-6 taking off from USS Enterprise (CV-6), 19 May 1942 (80370).jpg |
English: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless (6-B-1) of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 19 May 1942. During the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, 6-B-1, crew Lt. Richard H. Best (Commanding Officer VB-6), J.F. Murray, ACRM(PA), participated in the attacks on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi and Hiryū on 4 June. Best scored the single hit on Akagi that eventually sank her, he probably also hit Hiryū. On 5 June (crew Lt.(jg) E.L. Anderson, W.G. Chochalousek, ARM1c) and 6 June (crew Lt. L.A. Smith, H.H. Caruthers, AMM2c), the plane attacked the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma. |
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Author | U.S. Navy film "Task Force in Pacific, 19 May 1942" (428-NPC-16320) |
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current | 17:06, 23 April 2023 | 1,154 × 849 (308 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 ''Dauntless'' (6-B-1) of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) taking off from the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' (CV-6), 19 May 1942.<br> During the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, 6-B-1, crew Lt. Richard H. Best (Commanding Officer VB-6), J.F. Murray, ACRM(PA), participated in the attacks on the Japanese aircraft carriers ''Akagi'' and ''Hiryū'' on 4 June. Best scored the single hit on ''Akagi'' that eventually san... |
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