MAKE A MEME View Large Image USS Shangri-La (CV-38) 1947 with SB2C.jpg U S Navy Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver dive bombers of attack aquadron VA-5A parked forward on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La CV-38 during a Western Pacific cruise in 1947 Tracing ...
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Keywords: USS Shangri-La (CV-38) 1947 with SB2C.jpg U S Navy Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver dive bombers of attack aquadron VA-5A parked forward on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La CV-38 during a Western Pacific cruise in 1947 Tracing its origins to 1928 this squadron operated under the designations Scouting Squadron Three VS-3 and Bombing Squadron Five VB-5 during World War II participating in the Battle of Eastern Solomons and raids on the Marshall Islands and Truk Designated VA-5A in 1946 the squadron became VA-54 in 1948 It was the last fleet squadron to operate the SB2C During 1947 the squadron completed a Western Pacific cruise aboard USS Shangri-La CV-38 being assigend to Carrier Air Group Five CVAG-5 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 174 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16027451 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16034583 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Shangri-La CV-38 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
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