File:SBD Dauntless of VS-5 fly past USS Yorktown (CV-5) in April 1942.jpg

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English: Two U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) fly past the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), during operations in the Coral Sea, circa in April 1942. The planes parked on the flight deck, in the foreground, are Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat of Fighting Squadron 42 (VF-42).
Date circa April 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-11664
Source U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-11664

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