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| Keywords: SBDs VS-6 en route Santa Isabel 1942.jpg U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers of scouting squadron VS-6 en route to attack the Japanese seaplane base at Rekata Bay Santa Isabel Island August-September 1942 VS-6 operated from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 in the Solomons until she had to return to Pearl Harbor Hawaii USA after the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24-25 August 1942 VS-6 and VB-6 crews under CO Turner Cladwell then operated for another month from Henderson Field Guadalcanal known as Flight 300 from the Enterprise flight schedule on 24 August U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 636 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028145 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16036005 QueryPage 2FQuery php; also LOC-image cph 3c14542 1942 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Cactus Air Force Rekata Bay Santa Isabel Island | ||||
