Douglas SBD-2P 2173 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 large windows

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A uniquely American wartime story and a fascinating subject for any WWII Navy training

and aircraft under operational conditions — and the JQB-47E was one of the workhorses that made those tests possible

with the bomb bay sealed and the interior fitted with passenger accommodations for senior officers and officials

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Douglas SBD-2P 2173 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 large windowsThese are 1 72 scale decals for Douglas SBD 2P Dauntless 2173, assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) aboard USS Wolverine (IX 64), wearing Non Specular Light Gray (NS Light Gray) upper surfaces over Non Specular Blue Gray (NS Blue Gray) with modex P 8. The SBD 2P was a photo reconnaissance conversion of the SBD 2, with a camera installation replacing the rear gunner's armament one of several specialized Dauntless variants that