File:SBD-4 VMSB-233 Guadalcanal 1943.jpg
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| Description | A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless of Marine scout bomber squadron VMSB-233 at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in 1943. Note the bombload and the rough handpainted side number on the fuselage. VMSB-233 was established on 1 May 1942, and arrived at Guadalcanal in January 1943. The squadron was later redesignated VMTB-233 and operated during the Okinawa campaign from the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106). |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.753 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
| Other versions | picture File:Douglas SBD USMC Guadalcanal 1943.jpg is from a different angle |
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