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| Keywords: SBDs CV-4 Mel Fjord NAN5-2-44.jpg Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of U S Navy bombing squadron VB-4 during Operation Leader on 4 October 1943 flying from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CV-4 The planes are flying over Mel Fjord The objective of the force was the Norwegian port of Bodø The task force reached launch position off Vestfjord before dawn 4 October completely undetected At 0618 Ranger launched 20 Dauntless dive bombers and an escort of eight Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of VF-4 One division of dive bombers attacked the 8 000-ton freighter LaPlata while the rest continued north to attack a small German convoy They severely damaged a 10 000-ton tanker and a smaller troop transport They also sank two of four small German merchantmen in the Bodø roadstead U S Navy Naval Aviation News 15 May 1944 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1944/15May44 pdf 1943-10-04 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless 1943 in Norway History of Bodø Operation Leader 1943 | ||||
