File:Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) taking off from USS Enterprise (CV-6), in May 1942 (76520).jpg

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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless (6-S-7) of Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), in May 1942.
During the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, 6-S-7, crew Lt(jg) Norman J. "Dusty" Kleiss, RM3c J.W. Snowden, participated in the attacks on the Japanese aircraft carriers Kaga and Hiryū on 4 June. On 5 June and 6 June, plane and crew attacked the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma. Kleiss was credited with a bomb hit each on Kaga, Hiryū and Mikuma.
Date May 1942
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Author U.S. Navy film "Landings and Take-Offs aboard USS Enterprise" (428-NPC-2704)

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