| Registration / Serial: | 06694 |
| Military Code: | S-8 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 1509 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Area: | Corpus Christi / USS Lexington [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Collection: | USS Lexington Museum |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Photo ID: | 668559Submit Correction |
| View count: | 103 |
This Dauntless crashed into Lake Michigan in July 1943 whilst being flown on a carrier qualification flight by Major Edward Harold Drake, USMC. Fortunately the pilot survived and his plane was salvaged in the early 1990s, restored and is now part of this super floating museum.
| Registration / Serial: | 06694 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 1509 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Area: | Corpus Christi / USS Lexington [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 06694 |
| Military Code: | S-8 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 1509 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Area: | Corpus Christi / USS Lexington [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Collection: | USS Lexington Museum |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Photo ID: | 668559Submit Correction |
| View count: | 103 |
This Dauntless crashed into Lake Michigan in July 1943 whilst being flown on a carrier qualification flight by Major Edward Harold Drake, USMC. Fortunately the pilot survived and his plane was salvaged in the early 1990s, restored and is now part of this super floating museum.
| Registration / Serial: | 06694 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
| C/n (msn): | 1509 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Area: | Corpus Christi / USS Lexington [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |