U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 <i>Dauntless</i> dive bombers assigned to Composite Squadron 40 (VC-40) pictured at Piva Uncle Airstrip, Torokina prior to taking off on strike against Talili Bay, Rabaul, on 6 April 1944. The strike group that day consisted of 54 SBDs and 36 Grumman TBF <i>Avenger</i>s with launch beginning at 1000 and the attack commencing at 1200.
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