On 2011-07-29 04:44:15 -0700, Andrew Chaplin
said:

Joseph Testagrose wrote in
:


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Did these ever reach operational service?

In the USN the SB2U "Vindicator" or RN "Chesapeake" had been withdrawn
from active combat duty taking on a trainer role until 1945.
The RN it seems came to similar conclusions in 1941 relegating the
SB2U-3 to a training role with the Swordfish taking on the SB2U-3
combat work load.

They did see combat in the Battle of Midway, and were used
ineffectively by the French before the surrender in 1940.

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Savageduck