From The Depths

A Dauntless Dive Bomber sunk in Lake Michigan is being restored at our very own Pensacola NAS. Read about it here.

Invasion Stripes

Aircraft participating in D-day wore black and white stripes. This was to reduce the risk of friendly fire.  On June 1, such airplanes flew over the invasion fleet so that the crews could formalize themselves with the markings.  In July the markings  on the upper surface was ordered removed and by the end of 1944 they were completely gone.