MAKE A MEME View Large Image Dive bomber over Truk.jpg U S Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of bombing squadron VB-16 off USS Lexington CV-16 fly low over Japanese installations on Param Island Truk Atoll 17-18 February 1944 Note the smoke rising from the ...
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Keywords: Dive bomber over Truk.jpg U S Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of bombing squadron VB-16 off USS Lexington CV-16 fly low over Japanese installations on Param Island Truk Atoll 17-18 February 1944 Note the smoke rising from the buildings VB-16 operated from Lexington during the period September 1943-June 1944 and was for a time one of only two Dauntless squadrons assigned to Pacific fleet carriers The squadron participated in the famous attack against the Japanese Fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 688 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028020 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16036057 17-18 February 1944 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Operation Hailstone
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