SBD-3 BuNo 3232, Lt. (j.g.) Jack ‘Dusty’ Kleiss and radioman 3/c John John Snowden, Scouting Six, USS Enterprise (CV6), June 4, 1942. On the morning of June 4, 1942 Jack ‘Dusty’ Kleiss was flying one of 32 SBD-3s from USS Enterprise led by the...
SBD-3 BuNo 4618, Cdr. C. Wade McClusky, Commander of USS Enterprise (CV 6) Air Group, June 4, 1942. Cdr. C. Wade McClusky played a major part in the Battle of Midway, with Admiral Nimitz saying McClusky’s actions in locating the enemy fleet “decided the...
This video has some incredible footage of planes from USS Enterprise just prior to the Battle of Midway (my guess is May 1942 as the pre-war markings have been painted over for the BoM aircraft, and since some of these were lost on June 4th and are unarmed, we know it...
The National Archives has color film footage of the Doolittle Raiders launching from the USS Hornet. I was unaware of the existance of this until now, thanks to my friend Lynn Ritger. You can watch and download it here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75692 ...
SBD-3 BuNo 3224, Ensign Frank O’Flaherty and AMM 1/c Bruno P. Gaido, Scouting Six, USS Enterprise (CV6), June 4, 1942. Ensign Frank O’Flaherty participated in the first attack of the Battle of Midway, completing a dive bombing run on the Japanese carrier...
