File:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of VB-16 fly low over Param Island, Truk Atoll, 17-18 February 1944 (NNAM.1996.253.688).jpg

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English: U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) off USS Lexington (CV-16) fly low over Japanese installations on Param Island, Truk Atoll, 17-18 February 1944. Note the smoke rising from the buildings. VB-16 operated from Lexington during the period September 1943-June 1944, and was for a time one of only two Dauntless squadrons assigned to Pacific fleet carriers. The squadron participated in the famous attack against the Japanese Fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944.
Date 17-18 February 1944
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo NNAM.1996.253.688
Author U.S. Navy

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current09:56, 24 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 09:56, 24 July 20092,121 × 1,671 (777 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)larger picture, although sadly lighter
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