File:SBDs on USS Hornet Apr 1942.jpg

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English: U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8) and Scouting Squadron 8 (VS-8) tied down on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the carrier's participation in launching the "Doolittle Raiders" against Tokyo, April 1942. Note that parts of the wings and tails of some of the USAAF North American B-25B Mitchell bombers are visible in the photograph.
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U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.651 [1]

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