File:VS-6 May 1942.jpg

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A group photo of the pilots of United States Navy dive bomber squadron Scouting Squadron Six (VB-6), photographed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 12 May 1942, approximately one month before the Battle of Midway.
Seated (L-R): Lt(jg) J. Norman West, Lt Frank A. Patriarca, Lt Charles R. Ware, Lt Wilmer E. Gallaher (CO), Lt Clarence E. Dickinson, Jr., Lt(jg) Norman J. "Dusty" Kleiss, ENS John R. McCarthy, AV(N).

Second row (standing) (L-R): ENSs [all A-V(N)] John Q. Roberts, Carl D. Peiffer, James A. Shelton, William R. Pittman, John c. Lough, Vernon L. Micheel, Eldor E. Rodenburg, Thomas F. Durkin, Jr., Richard A. Jaccard, Frank W. O'Flaherty, Clarence E. Vammen, Jr., James C. Dexter, Reid W. Stone, William P. West.
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Source The photo was taken by US Navy photographer William T. Barr [1] while acting in official duties. The image's National Archives number is 80-G-71989. The photo was uploaded from: USS Enterprise commemorative site. Photo caption information was taken from the book: Cressman, Robert J., et al, "A Glorious Page in our History", (1990), Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, MT, p. 103.
Author William T. Barr, U.S. Navy

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current12:01, 7 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 12:01, 7 May 2011600 × 408 (60 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)A group photo of the pilots of United States Navy dive bomber squadron Scouting Squadron Six (VB-6), photographed aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' (CV-6) on 12 May 1942, approximately one month before the Battle of Midway. Seated (L-R):

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