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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-787 (Color)

Radioman-Gunner of an SBD "Dauntless" scout-bomber

Aims his plane's twin .30 caliber machine guns aboard USS Independence (CV-22), during the carrier's shakedown period, 30 April 1943.
Note the guns' armor plate, gunsight, and variety of bullet types (with tip marking sequence: red, black, light blue & plain).

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

Online Image: 90KB; 490 x 765 pixels

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25 April 2000