![]() ![]() The aircraft lay on the floor of Lake Michigan for over five decades. On January 19, 1944, while attempting to land on the USS Wolverine, Ensign Ronald Kelly experienced a loss of power on approach and soft landed in the water prior to reaching the carrier. Navy on Octoat Naval Air Station Alameda and shortly after was transferred to NAS Glenview in the Chicago area for use in aircraft carrier landing qualification training on the USS Sable and USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan. The SBD-5 BuNo 36177 was accepted by the U.S. ![]() Navy notified AHM President Rob Collings that we were approved to receive the SBD-5 BuNo 36177 previously on display at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. In May, 2022, representatives from the U.S. The American Heritage Museum worked closely with the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL on an opportunity to bring this pivotal aircraft type to the American Heritage Museum in Stow, MA. Taiho: This carrier was sunk in June 1944, when it was attack by SBD Dauntless dive-bombers from the USS Essex. ![]()
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