File:SBD-5 VB-16 on USS Lexington (CV-16).jpeg
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[edit]DescriptionSBD-5 VB-16 on USS Lexington (CV-16).jpeg | A U.S. Navy launch officer on board USS Lexington (CV-16) waves the checkered flag signaling the launch of an Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron VB-16 on a strike in the Central Pacific. 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. |
Date | circa 1943-1944 |
Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.684 |
Author | U.S. Navy |
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