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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:SBD-3 Dauntless
    Last Military Serial:06583 USMC
    Construction Number:1351
    Compressed ID:Douglas SBD-3 sn 06583 USMC cn 1351...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Triangle, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SBD-3 by Douglas.

    24 August 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 06583.

    August 1942

    Transferred to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 132 (VMSB-132), HI.

    November 1942

    Base of operations changed.
    Unit assigned to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal but this aircraft did not redeploy to Solomon Islands with rest of squadron, unknown reason; log book suggests it was due to a maintenance issue needing repairs.

    From December 1942 to September 1943

    Served with at least two other USMC units but identities are debated.

    October 1943

    Transferred to Training Command, NAS Glenview, IL.

    30 October 1943

    Crashed.
    Ditched in Lake Michigan during carrier qualifications on USS Wolverine.

    June 1991

    Recovered from Lake Michigan.

    Circa 1995

    To National Museum of Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL.

    From Circa 1995 to Circa 1999

    Restored.
    Basic restoration for display.

    By 2003

    Based at USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2005

    To National Museum of the Marine Corps.

    From Circa 2005 to 2016

    Restored.

    February 2016

    Placed on display with National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Triangle, VA.
    Marked as the VMBS-232 aircraft flown by then Major Richard C. Mangrum (later Lieutenant General Mangrum) and his gunner/radio operator Corporal Dennis E. Byrd on 25 August 1942.
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    23 April 2016


    Photographer: Graham Tanner
    Notes: Taken at Triangle, Virginia, U.S.A.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the Marine Corps
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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