File:SBD-5s of VB-5 on USS Yorktown (CV-10) on 20 November 1943.jpg

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Description Flight deck crews aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) spot Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5) for take-off, 20 November 1943. Yorktown was then hitting targets in the Marshall Islands, to cover the landings in the Gilbert Islands.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-204744 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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