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editDescriptionSBD-3 Dauntless of VS-5 is launched from USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 7 August 1942 (NNAM.1996.253.614).jpg | A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron Five (VS-5) roars off the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) for an early morning attack against Tulagi/Guadalcanal as part of Operation Watchtower. Manning the aircraft were Lt. Turner F. Caldwell, the squadron commander, and ACRM(AA) Willard E. Glidewell. During operations off Guadalcanal, VS-5 participated in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and also operated from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal as part of Flight 300, a mixture of aircraft from Enterprise, during August-September 1942. Caldwell commanded Flight 300 during this time. |
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15:16, 13 July 2006 | 600 × 507 (29 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | An SBD carrying a bomb takes-off from ''Enterprise'' on August 7, 1942 to support Allied forces landing on Guadalcanal and Tulagi Islands. http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=browse/date/1942/august |
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