Squadron Portrait

ID: 2556 ~ Source: Indiana Historical Society ~ Date: c. 1941
This file appears in: Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial
Squadron Portrait

Norman Vandivier (back row, third from left) in a group portrait of the Bombing Squadron 6 on the USS Enterprise (CV 60), circa 1941. Vandivier piloted a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber while on the Enterprise from August 1940 to May 1942.

This file appears in: Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial

By Linda S. Kilbert
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