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| USN USS Lexington CV-2 VS-2   R/V Petrel March 5, 2018 |
Aircraft History Built by Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo. Constructors Number 764. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as SBD-3 Dauntless bureau number 4531. Wartime History Assigned to the USS Lexington (CV-2), Scouting Squadron 2 (VS-2). Sqaudron Code S-11 in white. No known nickname or nose art. Sinking History On May 8, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea this Dauntless was aboard USS Lexington (CV-2) when hit by Japanese torpedoes and bombs and caught fire on the flight deck before the carrier sank. Wreckage This Dauntless is sunk on the seafloor at a depth of approximately 9,800' / 3,000m near the shipwreck of the USS Lexington (CV-2). On March 5, 2018 this aircraft was documented by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from R/V Petrel on the seafloor near the shipwreck of USS Lexington (CV-2). The plane's cockpit and center section burned and the right wing folded under with the left wing pointed upward. The tail has the stenciled bureau number 4531. The rudder had red and white stripes with stenciled SBD-3 and several portions of the rudder fabric torn. Possibly, squadron code [S-]11 is on the upper tail. References Navy Serial Number Search Results - SBD-3 Dauntless 4531 USN Loss List Summary Sheet - SBD-3 4531 lists pilot as Quigley ditched May 7, 1942, this is in error. SBD-3 Dauntless piloted by Quigley was another plane with an unknown bureau number. Contribute
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