"alumshubby" wrote in message I thought the SBDs were replacing the
Vindicators by then, but it
sounds like you were there, and I surely wasn't!


Believe it ot not, the Gyrenes got the 1st operational SBD's in late 1940,
VMB-2, then VMB-1 in early 1941.
The Enterprise received the 1st SBD-2s, (VB-6) at the end of 1942, as well
as VB-2 on the Lexington. The Ranger got received SBD-3s (VS-41) in November
1942.