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Aircraft History Built by Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo. Constructors Number unknown, four digits between 4561 to 5060. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as SBD-5 Dauntless bureau number 359??, the last two digits are unknown between 35922 to 35999). Squadron code "42-115" in white. Possibly, SBD-5 Dauntless 35954. Mission History This SBD crashed near Bonis Airfield on Bougainville. Wreckage In the early 1970s, pieces of wreckage with a SBD Dauntless Bureau Number were noted by Charles Darby at in a pile where they had been collected at Bonis Plantation, including the tail section and remains of the wings. Charles Darby adds: "The SBD-5 serial I read as BuNo 359(4?)? -- the last two being indecipherable. There was a 42 in small white figures below the 115 code. Wreckage consisted of the tail unit and remains of wings, which had red-outlined national markings." References Navy Serial Number Search Results - SBD-5 Dauntless bureau number 35922–35999 Thanks to Charles Darby and Ian Smith for additional information Contribute
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