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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:SBD-3 Dauntless
    Last Military Serial:06624 USN
    Construction Number:1439
    Compressed ID:Douglas SBD-3 sn 06624 USN cn 1439
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SBD-3 by Douglas.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 06624.

    1942

    Transferred to Scouting Squadron 41 (VS-41), USS Ranger (CV-4).
    Operated with markings: 41-S-13

    November 1942

    Flew combat missions in support of Operation Torch invasion of North Africa.

    1943

    Transferred to Training Command, NAS Glenview, IL.
    Sent here after Operation Torch.

    19 September 1943

    Crashed.
    Pilot trainee accidentally switched to a dry fuel tank, lost power on landing, boltered and went over the side of the training carrier USS Wolverine (IX-64) into Lake Michigan.

    Circa 1991

    Recovered.
    Retrieved from Lake Michigan by A and T Recovery by request of the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

    Circa 1991

    To National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Circa 1991

    Loaned to Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
    For restoration and display.
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    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    2002

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 41-S-13
    Restored marked as when with VS-41.

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Vintage Aviation News
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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