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| Keywords: SBD-5s VMS-3 in flight near Virgin Islands.JPG A formation of U S Marine Corps Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers from Marine Scouting Squadron 3 VMS-3 Devilbirds in flight near the Virgin Islands Based at Marine Corps Air Station Bourne Field St Thomas Virgin Islands during the entire course of its existence the squadron logged patrols from 1934 to 1944 Included among them were flights on 11-14 May 1942 to circumvent the expected escape attempt of the French Fleet for Guadaloupe Note the Atlantic Theater camouflage on the aircraft Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g-k/80-G-K-14000/80-G-K-14310 html 80-G-K-14310 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command; 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 16035959 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 590 b/w ca 1943-1944 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Original upload log page en wikipedia VMS-3_aircraft_in_ASW_markings JPG 2011-04-04 18 21 Cobatfor 1885×1233× 360691 bytes levels noise reduced 2007-04-07 00 27 Looper5920 1903×1238× 551420 bytes Scanned from Page 42 of the book The Official Monogram US Navy Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide - Vol 2 1940 - 1949 by John M Elliott Maj USMC Ret The photo is credited to the Naval Historical Center thus placing it in the public domain Douglas SBD Dauntless in flight World War II color photographs of the war in the Atlantic | ||||
