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Description U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) pass over the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) prior to recovery aboard the carrier following strikes against Palau, 30 March 1944. One of the last two SBD squadrons to operate from U.S. fleet carriers during the Second World War, VB-10 flew from the deck of the "Big E" during the period January-July 1944, and participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 19-20 June 1944.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo 1996.253.669
Author U.S. Navy
Other versions Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-251062 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

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