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| Squadrons for : Dauntless | ||
| A list of all squadrons from known to have used this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
| Squadron | Info | |
VS-5 Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of VS-5 | VS-5 Full profile not yet available. | |
| Signatures for : Dauntless | |||
| A list of all signatures from our database who are associated with this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | |||
| Name | Info | ||
Dick Best Click the name above to see prints signed by Dick Best | Dick Best Lt. Commander Dick Best led attacks on Wake Island and Marcos Island and flew escort flights for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo as Commanding Officer of VB-6. Commanding VB-6 on June 4, 1942 he led his squadron of SBD dive-bombers against the Japanese carriers Akagi and Hiryu and was consequently awarded the Navy Cross. | ||
Commander Harold L Buell Click the name above to see prints signed by Commander Harold L Buell | Commander Harold L Buell Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
Captain Bill Christie Click the name above to see prints signed by Captain Bill Christie | Captain Bill Christie Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
 Captain Robert M Elder USN Click the name above to see prints signed by Captain Robert M Elder USN
| Captain Robert M Elder USN Robert M. Elder was born in Saskatchewan, Canada on December 5, 1918. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle as a Naval ROTC student, where he majored in Aero Engineering. Elder commenced his flight training at Pensacola, and was commissioned as an Ensign in the USNR in May of 1941. In June, Elder was assigned to Bombing Squadron 3, the Mlack Panthers, who were at that time were equipped with Douglas Dauntless S1313-3 bombers, and were assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) based in San Diego. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, Elder and his squadron mates from V13-3 would be soon be involved in the heat of battle in the Pacific. Elder flew numerous bombing missions during the Battle of the Coral Sea. During the Battle of Midway, V13-3 flying off the USS Yorktown, along with bombers from the USS Enterprise, sunk three Japanese aircraft carriers in a matter of minutes. This would prove to be the turning point in the War in the Pacific. Elder would later fly in both the Guadacanal and Easter Solomons campaigns. He was awarded two Navy Crosses, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and received two Presidential Unit Citations. Following the War, Elder remained in the Navy. He was one of the first graduates from the Navy's test pilot training school in 1950. He was also one of the first Naval aviators to fly jet aircraft, and he participated in developmental flights on both the F8F Bearcat and the F7F Tigercat. On the former Elder carrier qualified the aircraft. In 1953 Elder returned to combat duty with VF-191 flying off the USS Orinskany. Subsequently he commanded Carrier Air Group 12, the USS Waccamaw, and the USS Coral Sea. Following the Korean War, Elder continued to fly. In 1957 Bob was assigned as Director of the Flight Test Division at the Navy's Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland. Here Bob personally conducted initial test flights on many of the Navy's new supersonic fighter aircraft including the F3 Demon, F-1 1 Tiger, the F-4 Phantom 11, the A-5 Vigilante, and the F8U-3 Crusader 11. Elder retired from the Navy in 1963. He then worked for the Northrop Corporation for 23 years, holding the positions of Chief Test Pilot, Director of Flight Operations, and Head of Flight Test and Evaluation. He was one of the driving forces behind the programs which evolved into the F/A- 18 Hornet. Bob also was founder of the Tailhook Association, and received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1964. During his amazing flying career, Bob Elder has flown more than 8,000 flight hours in 142 different types of aircraft. He has become carrier qualified in 35 different aircraft, and has made almost 1,000 carrier landings. Bob s also served as President of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He died 12th September 2008. | ||
Commander Harry A Fredrickson Click the name above to see prints signed by Commander Harry A Fredrickson | Commander Harry A Fredrickson Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
 Jack Morrissey Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by Jack Morrissey | Jack Morrissey Jack Morrissey enlisted in the US Navy in June 1941, quickly rising to become Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class and was soon operating as a Naval Aviation Pilot flying the PBY Catalina. Posted to Midway Naval Air Station he fle combat operation PBY-5s throughout the Battle of Midway in June 1942, rescuing American airmn that had been shot down, and went on to fly the SBD Dauntless. During his service, he was shot down once but by the end of the war had managed to notch up over 4500 flying hours. He was awarded 3 Presidential Citations and left the service at the end of the war. | ||
Captain Ben Preston Click the name above to see prints signed by Captain Ben Preston | Captain Ben Preston Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
Commander Joe Riley Click the name above to see prints signed by Commander Joe Riley | Commander Joe Riley Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
Captain Arthur J Schultz Click the name above to see prints signed by Captain Arthur J Schultz | Captain Arthur J Schultz Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
Captain Lawrence G Traynor Click the name above to see prints signed by Captain Lawrence G Traynor | Captain Lawrence G Traynor Pacific Theater Dauntless pilot. | ||
 Captain Stanley Swede Vejtasa USN Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by Captain Stanley Swede Vejtasa USN
| Captain Stanley Swede Vejtasa USN Commissioned in August 1939, Swede Vejtasas first combat assignment was in May 1942 whilst flying the SBD Dauntless with VS-5 aboard the USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Coral Sea. here he participated in the attack on the Japanese carrier Shoho, and flew anti-torpedo plane patrol, claiming three Zeroes. Switching to fighters with VF-10 flying the F4F Wildcat aboard the USS Enterprise he took part in the Battle of Santa Cruz, where he notched up 7 air victories on one flight in October. In March 1943 he flight-tested the new F4U Corsair in the combat zone. His final tally for the war was 11 aerial victories. | ||
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