U.S. Navy or Marine Corps Douglas SBD <i>Dauntless</i> dive bombers from Allied Air Solomons (AirSols, also known as "Cactus Air Force") head out on a bombing mission in the Solomon Islands in early 1943.
US Navy
1943
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