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| Keywords: SBD on outrigger USS Enterprise 1942.jpg U S Navy flight deck personnel maneuver a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-6 onto a deck edge wheel mount on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 17 April 1942 This allowed for more room on the flight deck The SBD-3 6-B-15 BuNo 4542 was flown during the Battle of Midway by Ensign George H Goldsmith pilot and Radioman 1st Class James W Patterson Jr It was damaged during the attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga on 4 June 1942 and landed on the USS Yorktown CV-5 as it was low on fuel It was later lost with the carrier U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 622 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028158 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16035991 1942-04-17 U S Navy see also File Planes after attacking Kaga jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 Aircraft carrier air operations | ||||
