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| Keywords: SB2C-3 VB-7 over TF 38 off Indochina 1945.jpeg A U S Navy Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron VB-7 in flight over ships of Task Force 38 after completing an attack against Japanese shipping 40 km north of Quinchon French Indochina in January 1945 VB-7 operated from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock CV-19 during the period from September 1944 to January 1945 and participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 Note the horshoe symbol on the tail indicating aircraft's assignment to the USS Hancock and the pillow on the rear cockpit gun in order to provide some level of comfort for the gunner on the long flight home A Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat from Fighting Squadron VF-7 is visible in the background http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035186 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 229 1945-01 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Fast Carrier Task Force | ||||
