File:SBDs take off from USS Yorktown (CV-5) in April 1942.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout bombers preparing to take off from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), during operations in the Coral Sea, 18 April 1942. The first plane is from Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5). Note that it has no insignia painted under its starboard wing, and that the insignia below its port wing is much smaller than that on the next SBD.
The man standing at left, just beyond the first plane's wingtip, is Boatswain Chester E. Briggs.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-10152 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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