MAKE A MEME View Large Image SBD on USS Lexington (CV-2) 1941.jpg U S Navy plane handlers maneuver a Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-2 into position on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 Note the overall gray light gray paint ...
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Keywords: SBD on USS Lexington (CV-2) 1941.jpg U S Navy plane handlers maneuver a Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-2 into position on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 Note the overall gray light gray paint scheme with white numbering and lettering that was carried on U S Navy aircraft for a brief time during 1941 Established as bombing squadron VB-5B in 1934 the squadron was redesignated VB-2 in 1937 and began operating from Lexington Following the attack on Pearl Harbor VB-2 participated in the March 1942 raid against Lae and Salamaua and the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 570 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028069 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16035939 1941 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless USS Lexington CV-2
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