SBD Douglas

ID: 2717 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives [https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8b08008/] ~ Date: c. 1940-1946
This file appears in: Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial
SBD Douglas

The Navy's SBD light dive bomber, the counterpart of the Army's Dauntless. This is the model of aircraft flown by Norman Vandivier.

This file appears in: Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial

By Linda S. Kilbert
Many Hoosier families sent a son or daughter to serve in the military during World War II (1939-1945). Pride in their child’s service mingled with worry about their safety. Families’ anticipation of news about the war mixed with trepidation about…