File:SBD launching from Enterprise 19 Jun 1944.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-10, Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10), launches from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 1615-1630h on 19 June 1944. The squadron took part in the strikes against the Japanese carriers at dusk on 19 June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Of the 12 planes of the squadron only one ran out of gas, but the crew was rescued. They had taken off at 1615h and landed at 2215h.
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