US Navy SBD Dauntless dive bombers over Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 16-18 Feb 1944 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     US Navy SBD Dauntless dive bombers over Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, 16-18 Feb 1944 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Date 17 Feb 1944
Photographer    Unknown
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile.

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Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
 
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Photos on Same Day 17 Feb 1944
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 600 x 450 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. bryan h says:
21 Sep 2007 04:32:42 PM

another great addition to the DB
2. Anonymous says:
31 Mar 2008 09:09:47 PM

Actually these are SBD Dauntless dive bombers.
3. bugHunter says:
15 Mar 2009 10:51:56 PM

The previous fellow is quite right: these are SBDs, not Heldivers. Were SBDs even at Truk? I seem to recall this op was the combat debut of the Helldiver. With so many carriers, I suppose there must have still have been SBDs in the force.

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