Keywords: US Navy Helldiver flying over a burning Japanese tanker January 1945.jpg en SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Eleven VB-11 flies over a Japanese oiler smoking furiously a few moments after being hit by carrier-based aircraft in the vicinity of French Indochina VB-11 operated from USS Hornet CV-12 during the period October 1944-January 1945 participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and flying numerus strikes over the Philippines Formosa and Hong Kong Note the white dot tail symbol indicating the aircraft's assignment to Hornet http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035516 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FQuery php Not stated 1945-01 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Battles of the Pacific War PD-USGov-Military-Navy |