SBD's last dive

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SBD’s took part in several attacks on Kwajalein Atoll during the war. The first one was on February 1, 1942, just under two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

SBD’s from the USS Enterprise (CV-6) attacked the airbase at Roi Island and shipping in the anchorage at Kwajalein Island.

The second attack was on December 4, 1943 when a large carrier task force again struck Kwajalein Atoll, in a softening-up attack ahead of Operation Flintlock the following month. SBD’s were responsible for sinking a number of the vessels that now lie on the lagoon bottom.

Three SBD’s, two from the USS Suwanee (CVE-27) and one from the USS Chenango (CVE-28), were lost when they collided with each other while getting into position to dive bomb a target on Ennugarrett Island, just to the southeast of Namur Island.

Also dozens of SBD’s were stricken in February, March, April and June of 1945 by Combat Aircraft Service Unit which was the aircraft servicing unit stationed on Roi.

Many of them were loaded onto barges and take out into the lagoon, and unceremoniously shoved into the water to take their place among other planes and war relics no longer needed.

The SBD’s lie on the lagoon bottom in a variety of poses- some upright, some are on their nose, and some are upside down.

Text-Source: ww2wrecks.com