File:SB2C-5 Helldivers roll into dives during exercise in 1947.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldivers of Attack Squadron 1A (VA-1A) "Tophatters" roll into dives to support amphibious forces during postwar landing exercise. VA-1A was known as VB-4 before being redesignated in November 1946. VA-1A was assigned to Carrier Air Group 1 (CVAG-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa (CV-40).
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.136
Author U.S. Navy

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