Caption | US Navy SBD Dauntless dive bombers over Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 16-18 Feb 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 17 Feb 1944 | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Anonymous says:
31 Mar 2008 09:09:47 PM
Actually these are SBD Dauntless dive bombers.
31 Mar 2008 09:09:47 PM
Actually these are SBD Dauntless dive bombers.
3. bugHunter says:
15 Mar 2009 10:51:56 PM
The previous fellow is quite right: these are SBDs, not Heldivers. Were SBDs even at Truk? I seem to recall this op was the combat debut of the Helldiver. With so many carriers, I suppose there must have still have been SBDs in the force.
15 Mar 2009 10:51:56 PM
The previous fellow is quite right: these are SBDs, not Heldivers. Were SBDs even at Truk? I seem to recall this op was the combat debut of the Helldiver. With so many carriers, I suppose there must have still have been SBDs in the force.
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