Keywords: SBD-3 VB-3 Midway Bottomley 1942.jpg A U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-3 pictured in flight with Lt Harold S Bottomley Jr and AMM2c Daniel F Johnson aboard It is the same aircraft they flew during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 from the aircraft carriers USS Yorktown CV-5 and USS Enterprise CV-6 although it was then marked B-10 Bottomley and Johnson participated in the successful attacks on the Japanese carriers Soryu and Hiryu on 4 June 1942 flying B-10 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 589 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028088 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16035958 1942 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Battle of Midway US forces Attack Squadron 35 United States Navy |