Keywords: SBDs over Choiseul Island in 1944.jpg Four U S Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight over Choiseul Bay Choiseul Lauru Island Solomon Islands during an attack on a Japanese transit base In the rear seat of the aircraft closest to the camera was Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Nicol Anton Waddell Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve RANVR who had been a coastwatcher on the island since October 1942 He was now guiding the aircraft in strikes over the Bay P02392 003 1944-02-18 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Douglas SBD Dauntless Cactus Air Force Pacific War in February 1944 Choiseul Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Campaign |