File:SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-88 in flight 1945.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 88 (VB-88) in flight somewhere in Western Pacific. VB-88 was assigned to USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the period July–September 1945. Note the "RR" tailcode which had replaced the geometric symbols in July 1945. An Essex-class carrier of Task Force 38 is visible below.
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. 1996.253.397
Author U.S. Navy

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