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SB2U-2 Vindicator
- Reg: 1383 photos
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- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
- Photo Date: Sep 10, 2017
- Uploaded: May 10, 2018
- Pensacola Naval Air Station - KNPA, USA - Florida
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One of the first in a new generation of faster monoplanes, Vought-Sikorsky's XSB2U-1 was ordered in October 1934, and first flown in January 1936. The new SB2U-1 served as the Navy's first-line dive bomber prior to the introduction of the Northrop BT-1 and the Douglas SBD. Adequate for the time, 58 SB2U-2s were ordered in 1938, and 58 SB2U-3s in 1940. The SB2U-3s went to the Marine Corps where, already obsolete, they suffered very heavy losses at the Battle of Midway. The aircraft displayed is an SB2U-2 recovered from Lake Michigan, the only known example of the aircraft in existence.
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One of the first in a new generation of faster monoplanes, Vought-Sikorsky's XSB2U-1 was ordered in October 1934, and first flown in January 1936. The new SB2U-1 served as the Navy's first-line dive bomber prior to the introduction of the Northrop BT-1 and the Douglas SBD. Adequate for the time, 58 SB2U-2s were ordered in 1938, and 58 SB2U-3s in 1940. The SB2U-3s went to the Marine Corps where, already obsolete, they suffered very heavy losses at the Battle of Midway. The aircraft displayed is an SB2U-2 recovered from Lake Michigan, the only known example of the aircraft in existence.Camera
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- Reg: 1383 photos
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Aircraft:
SB2U-2 Vindicator
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
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Pensacola Naval Air Station - KNPA
- USA - Florida
