File:SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-6 in flight in 1945.jpg

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Description	A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) in flight over the Pacific Ocean. VB-6 operated SB2C-3, -3E, -4, and -4E versions of the aircraft during its combat tour aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) from March to September 1945. Note letter U on the tail identifying the aircraft as being assigned to that carrier, which replaced the "G-symbols" in July 1945. The aircraft features nose art, rare on carrier-based aircraft, proclaiming it to be "The Hannah Special". "Hannah" was the nickname of USS Hancock.
Date	circa August 1945 date QS:P,+1945-08-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source	U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.213
Author	U.S. Navy

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