Rare 1941 Color US Navy Aircraft USS Enterprise San Diego

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United States Navy Aircraft Carrier Pre World War II 1941 Color Tbd Devastator SB2U Vindicator Grumman F3F SBC-4 Helldiver
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Old color shots of rare US Navy aircraft aboard USS Enterprise and around the San Diego area. Filmed for the 1941 movie "Dive Bomber". Scarce aircraft such as the Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver and the Vought SB2U Vindicator are shown. It was during the filming that the US Navy was changing the paint schemes on aircraft from the colorful pre-war to the overall gray. Several planes were kept in the old patterns while the movie was filmed. Aircraft in the movie were clearly ...

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