File:SBD-3 B15 after landing on USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1942.jpeg

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Description	U.S. Navy flight deck personnel disengage the tailhook of a bomb-ladden Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) from an arresting wire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). Note the diagonal tail stripes to assist the Landing Signals Officer when bringing the planes aboard. A "B15" (BuNo 4542), with Ensign George H. Goldsmith, pilot, and Radioman 1st Class James W. Patterson, Jr. landed on board USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway. This plane, damaged during the attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga that morning, landed on Yorktown as it was low on fuel. It was later lost with the carrier.
Date	1942
Source	U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.617
Author	U.S. Navy (photo 80-G-14374)

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