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    Airframe Family: Vought SB2U Vindicator
    Latest Model:SB2U-2 Vindicator
    Last Military Serial:1383 USN
    Compressed ID:Vought SB2U-2 sn 1383 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SB2U-2.
    Last SB2U-2 built

    10 July 1939

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 1383.

    July 1939

    Transferred to Battleforce, NAS Norfolk, VA.

    26 October 1939

    Transferred to Bombing Squadron 4 (VB-4), USS Ranger (CV-4).
    Patrolling U.S. East Coast.

    17 July 1940

    Transferred to USS Wasp (CV-7).
    Maneuvers in Caribbean Sea.

    Circa December 1940

    Transferred to Scouting Squadron 41 (VS-41), USS Ranger.
    Flew neutrality patrols off east coast.

    10 September 1942

    Transferred to VB-9, USS Essex (CV-9).

    March 1943

    Transferred to NAS Norfolk, VA.
    Stationed here for overhaul.

    May 1943

    Transferred to Carrier Qualification Training Unit, Atlantic.

    18 May 1943

    Transferred to Carrier Qualification Training Unit, Glenview NAS, IL.
    Assigned to the USS Wolverine (IX-64).

    June 1943

    Crashed.
    Crashed into Lake Michigan, flown by USMC 2nd Lt. A.W. Lemmons after arresting hook snagged the barrier and forced the aircraft to crash into the starboard side of the deck and slip over the side into the water. Lemmons was rescued as the aircraft sank.

    28 July 1943

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Circa 1968


    Photographer: Unknown

    1990

    Recovered.
    Recovered by Taras Lyssenko of AT and T Recovery of Chicago, IL, in 130 ft of water.

    1990

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    From 1990 to 5 February 1999

    Restored.
    Restored to static display condition. Only SB2U extant.

    Markings Applied: 9-B-12
    Marked as an aircraft of VB-9 aboard the USS Essex.

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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