File:SBD VB-41 on USS Ranger (CV-4) at Placentia 1943.jpeg

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Description	A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3/-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 41 (VB-41) on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4), at anchor in Placentia, Newfoundland. VB-41 was redesignated Bombing Squadron 4 (VB-4) on 4 August 1943. While operating with Royal Navy's Home Fleet, in October 1943, aircraft from Ranger attacked German shipping on Norwegian coast ("Operation Leader"). Thiw was the second of only two periods of combat for Ranger in Atlantic Theater.
Date	1943
Source	U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.716
Author	U.S. Navy

Camera location	47° 14′ 45″ N, 53° 57′ 40″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	47.245833; -53.961111

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