![Destroyed US Marine Corps SBD Dauntless dive bomber at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 [Colorized by WW2DB]](/images/ai/20230224/air_dauntless14.jpg)
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| Caption | Destroyed US Marine Corps SBD Dauntless dive bomber at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
| Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | ||||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Identification Code | 1996.488.029.040 | ||||||||||||
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| Photo Size | 1,895 x 1,497 pixels | ||||||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 7 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Bill says:
10 Jun 2012 11:15:10 AM
OOPS! FORGOT TO MENTION (VMSB-232) SBDs WERE
EX-(VMB-2) MARINE AIR GROUP, 21 AIRCRAFT, STATIONED AT EWA OAHU, HAWAII 12/7/41
SBDs WERE CAMOUFLAGED OVER ALL LIGHT GRAY
W/WHITE NUMBERS 232-MB-2, INSIGINA WAS BLUE DISK W/WHITE STAR, W/RED CENTER.
Bill says:10 Jun 2012 11:15:10 AM
OOPS! FORGOT TO MENTION (VMSB-232) SBDs WERE
EX-(VMB-2) MARINE AIR GROUP, 21 AIRCRAFT, STATIONED AT EWA OAHU, HAWAII 12/7/41
SBDs WERE CAMOUFLAGED OVER ALL LIGHT GRAY
W/WHITE NUMBERS 232-MB-2, INSIGINA WAS BLUE DISK W/WHITE STAR, W/RED CENTER.
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii |
| Lat/Long | 21.3072, -158.0703 |
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10 Jun 2012 10:14:53 AM
LOST AT PEARL: NEVER FIRED A SHOT
Aircraft could be an early SBD-1 or a SBD-2 used by Marine Scout Bombing Squadron-232 (VMSB-232).
First deliveries to the US Navy of SBD-2s started in 1940, by 1941 before the US entered WWII, Douglas was building about twenty SBDs a month.
During the Attack, US Marine SBDs were destroyed on the ground at Ewa Mooring Mast Field (VMSB-232).
Did You Know:
During the attack 18 SBDs from the carrier Enterprise(CV-6)arrived over Pearl two groups
Scout Bombing (VS-6) lost 6 aircraft, and
Bombing Squadron (VB-6) lost 1 aircraft.