Destroyed US Marine Corps SBD Dauntless dive bomber at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941

Caption     Destroyed US Marine Corps SBD Dauntless dive bomber at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 ww2dbase
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
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
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.
2. Commenter identity confirmed 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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