Image: Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of VB-6 after landing aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5), 4 June 1942 (NH 100740)
Description: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" scout bomber (BuNo 4542), of Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) from USS Enterprise (CV-6), after landing on USS Yorktown (CV-5) at about 1140 hrs on 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway. This plane, damaged during the attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga that morning, landed on Yorktown as it was low on fuel. It was later lost with the carrier. Its crew, Ensign George H. Goldsmith, pilot, and Radioman 1st Class James W. Patterson, Jr., are still in the cockpit. Note damage to the horizontal tail.
Title: Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of VB-6 after landing aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5), 4 June 1942 (NH 100740)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo NH 100740
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