File:SBDs CV-4 Mel Fjord NAN5-2-44.jpg

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Description Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of U.S. Navy bombing squadron VB-4 during Operation Leader, on 4 October 1943, flying from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4). The planes are flying over Mel Fjord. The objective of the force was the Norwegian port of Bodø. The task force reached launch position off Vestfjord before dawn 4 October completely undetected. At 0618, Ranger launched 20 Dauntless dive bombers and an escort of eight Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of VF-4. One division of dive bombers attacked the 8,000-ton freighter LaPlata, while the rest continued north to attack a small German convoy. They severely damaged a 10,000-ton tanker and a smaller troop transport. They also sank two of four small German merchantmen in the Bodø roadstead.
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Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News 15 May 1944 [1]
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