#sb2u vindicator

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An SB2U Vindicator aboard the Sable, circa 1943. US Navy photo.

Hope y'all have a great, Nav Air week!

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The only surviving SB2U Vindicator in the world. 😎

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Vought V-156F, an export variant of the SB2U Vindicator dive bomber intended for the French Navy. They began arriving in France in July 1939, and trained aboard the carrier Béarn, but as the ship was deemed too slow for combat, the V-156Fs were used from land bases during the Battle of France.

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An American carrier-based reconnaissance bomber SB2U Vindicator (Vought SB2U Vindicator) from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) during an anti-submarine patrol over a convoy (WS-12) of ships en route to Capetown. November 27, 1941

From right to left, in the first row: heavy cruiser USS Vincennes (CA-44), liner USS West Point (AP-23), liner USS Mount Vernon (AP-22) and USS Wakefield (AP-21).

In the middle of the second row is the heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39). In the second row are the transports USS Leonard Wood (AP-25) and USS Joseph T. Dickman (AP-26).

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A Vindicator dive bomber (Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator, serial number 1376), from Scouting Squadron 72 (VS-72), is lowered into the hangar of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) using an onboard aircraft elevator. June 1940

The aircraft elevator consisted of a platform for the nose landing gear and an outrigger for the tail wheel. Two beams on the sides moved the platform along a semicircular path between the flight deck and the hangar

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A Vought SB2U Vindicator carrier-based dive bomber from Reconnaissance Squadron 42 (VS-42) approaches the American aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4). December 4, 1941

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[usafphantom11]

A Vindicator dive bomber (Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator, serial number 1376), from Scouting Squadron 72 (VS-72), is lowered into the hangar of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) using an onboard aircraft elevator.The aircraft elevator is located at the flight deck level. June 1940

The aircraft elevator consisted of a platform for the nose landing gear and an outrigger for the tail wheel. Two beams on the sides moved the platform along a semicircular path between the flight deck and the hangar.

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Vought SB2U Vindicator USN.

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