Delivered new November 1942 to USN. Assigned to VS-22 in December 1942, then VC-22 in March 1943. To NAOT at NAS Jacksonville in September 43. To NAS Glenview Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) in 1944. While taking off from USS Sable on 24 Sept. 1944 the a/c had an engine failure and was ditched in Lake Michigan. The pilot was rescued. The aircraft was retrieved from the lake on 11 Sept. 1991. It is now on display in the Sunken Treasures display in the museum in an unrestored condition as it was found in the lake.

Ditched off USS Sable, Lake Michigan, Sept. 14, 1944. Recovered from Lake Michigan by USNAM, 1991. Restored at NAS Pensacola, FL, 1991-2004. Loaned to the National Museum of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, painted as an A-24 but transferred to Chicago Midway in 2004. Repainted as SBD Dauntless B-3 piloted by Ensign Frederick T. Weber from VB-6 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942.

Sent to storage in March 1944 and scrapped. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Lines of wingless Dauntless dive bombers awaiting scrapping. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand