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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:SBD-6 Dauntless
    Last Military Serial:54605 USN
    Construction Number:6119
    Compressed ID:Douglas SBD-6 sn 54605 USN cn 6119
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SBD-6 by Douglas.

    30 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 54605.

    From 1944 to May 1948

    Transferred to Flight Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    From May 1948 to 1961

    Assigned to Stored NAS Weeksville, NC for storage.

    30 June 1948

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    1961

    To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
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    Markings Applied: 109

    From 1970 to 1975

    Loaned to United States Marine Corps Museum, MCAS Quantico, MD.

    1975

    Returned from loan to Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.

    11 June 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 June 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 June 2016


    Photographer: Arjun Sarup
    Notes: This is the 6th SBD-6 of 450 built, which was the last production model.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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