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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-12435

Douglas SBD-2 "Dauntless" scout bomber


In flight over the Pacific, circa mid-1941.
This is the USS Enterprise (CV-6) Air Group Commander's aircraft, wearing the light grey color scheme used during the first part of 1941.
"Commander Enterprise Group" is painted in white block capital letters on the fuselage side, immediately in front of the National star.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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9 October 2000