Vought SB2U Vindicator

The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role. Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943, all had been withdrawn to training units. It was known as the Chesapeake in Royal Navy service.

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Chesapeake; SB2U; SB2U Vindicator; V-156; V156; Vindicator; Vought SB2U; Vought SB2U Vindicator; Vought Scout Bomber Design 2; Vought V-156; Vought Vindicator
260 produced, 
dive bomber, scout bomber, attack airplane with 1 engine, United States Navy, Vought, 

dive bomber, SB2U-1 Vindicator, SB2U-2 Vindicator, SB2U-3 Vindicator, scout, XSB2U-1 Vindicator, 

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  SB2U-1 Vindicator ⓘ
  scout bomber model by Vought

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  SB2U-2 Vindicator ⓘ
  scout bomber model by Vought

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  SB2U-3 Vindicator ⓘ
  scout bomber model by Vought

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  XSB2U-1 Vindicator ⓘ
  prototype scout bomber model by Vought

Frameless

USS Wasp (CV-7) flight deck aft with SB2Us and TBDs 1942

Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of VT-5 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), 13 September 1941 (80-CF-55215-7)

Three Vought SB2U-1 Vindicators of VB-3 in flight, circa in the late 1930s

SB2Us taking off Midway 1 Jun 1942

SB2Us taking off Midway 2 Jun 1942

Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator VS-1 1-S-16 (16140609435) (bomb fork)

Aircraft of the Saratoga Air Group in a hangar of NAS Seattle, Washington (USA), 18 May 1939 (NH 96762)

An F4F Wildcat fighter being positioned on a carrier's hangar deck.

SB2U-3 VMSB-131 in flight c1941

SB2U taking off from Midway Jun 1942

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		SB2U-1 Vindicator	Vought SB2U Vindicator	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SB2U-2 Vindicator	Vought SB2U Vindicator	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SB2U-3 Vindicator	Vought SB2U Vindicator	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XSB2U-1 Vindicator	Vought SB2U Vindicator	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Wasp (CV-7) flight deck aft with SB2Us and TBDs 1942		Commons
commons	image		Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of VT-5 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), 13 September 1941 (80-CF-55215-7)		Commons
commons	image		Three Vought SB2U-1 Vindicators of VB-3 in flight, circa in the late 1930s		Commons
commons	image		SB2Us taking off Midway 1 Jun 1942		Commons
commons	image		SB2Us taking off Midway 2 Jun 1942		Commons
commons	image		Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator VS-1 1-S-16 (16140609435) (bomb fork)		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft of the Saratoga Air Group in a hangar of NAS Seattle, Washington (USA), 18 May 1939 (NH 96762)		Commons
commons	image		An F4F Wildcat fighter being positioned on a carrier's hangar deck.		Commons
commons	image		SB2U-3 VMSB-131 in flight c1941		Commons
commons	image		SB2U taking off from Midway Jun 1942		Commons