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Topic review - Wasp Air Group.....July 1942
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Tracy White
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For what it is worth, from the more-or-less weekly "Location of U.S. Naval Aircraft" reports:


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File comment: July 21, 1942 Report
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File comment: July 30, 1942 Report
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:21 am
Charybdis
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Great stuff! Thanks for sharing. Hoping to see the war diary from Jun!
Post Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 1:32 am
IP2SWA
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From Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Organization dated 8 Aug 42:
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Also have a snapshot of CinCLant War Diary from Jun after Wasp's return from duty with the Home Fleet, but it's too big to attach. Working on it.


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:18 pm
Charybdis
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According to J D Brown's Carrier Operations in WW2:

WASP's Air Group for Operation:WATCHTOWER on 7th August, 1942:

CVG-7 Lt Commander Wallace M Beakley - 1 TBF-1

VF-71 - 29 F4F-4
VS-71 - 15 SBD-3
VS-72 - 15 SBD-3
VT-7 - 9 TBF-1
Post Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:08 am
fred_sirois
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Hello Jerry,

I posted this on the other site, but I wanted to cover all the bases.

I plan to model a 1/48 scale SBD-3 Dauntless in the markings of VS-71 or VS-72 from the USS WASP, CV-7, during the Guadalcanal campaign. I have purchased the Accurate Miniatures kit of the SBD-3, Coral Sea markings (black box).

The issue I am having is that the AM kit has the single 0.30 caliber flexible gun in the rear seat. Information that I have gathered seems to indicate that the WASP SBD-3’s had twin 0.30’s.

The question is this: what would be the easiest and/or cheapest way to put the correct configuration of the twin 0.30’s in the rear seat of the AM SBD-3 kit?

Thank you in advance.
Post Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 11:55 am
Jerry Phillips
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CV-7 Wasp Air Group....01 July 1942

VF-71 30 F4F-4's
VS-71 15 SBD-3's
VS-72 15 SBD-3's
VT-7 10 TBF-1's
Utility Unit 1 J2F-5

CWAG flew one of the VT-7 TBF-1's

Kinda intersting that the Wasp retained a J2F-5 Duck as late as mid 1942. This was Wasp's airgroup entering the Guadalcanal Campaign. Lot of aircraft for a small hull!

Jerry
Post Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:46 pm

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