A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 1942; note barrage balloons and two possible SBD Dauntless in right background [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 1942; note barrage balloons and two possible SBD Dauntless in right background [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces
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SBD Dauntless   Main article  Photos  
A-36A Mustang   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 760 x 491 pixels
Added By David Stubblebine
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
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1. Anonymous says:
3 May 2024 09:29:44 AM

Those possible Dauntlesses in the background look more like F4U Corsairs with the inverted gull wings.
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
3 May 2024 01:51:26 PM

Anonymous (above):
I struggled with calling these two planes SBDs too. Upon further review, I still think these are more likely SBDs than anything else. I think the root of the inverted gull wing you’re seeing is actually the pitot tube of the A-36A in the foreground. The SBD had a prominent air intake at the top of the engine cowling that is not seen in this image, but the image quality is poor enough that the intake may still be there. I mostly don’t think these are Corsairs because of the shape of the wingtips. Corsair wingtips had a subtle flair that should be seen from this angle but isn’t. SBDs, being the air tractors they were, had no such refinements. But it is not a very good photo of these two planes so many options remain possible.

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