| The
Battle of Midway June 3 - 6, 1942 |
READER CONTRIBUTIONS BATTLE OF MIDWAY MODELS: BY KEN DURLING |
LCDR C. Wade McClusky's
Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless"
Commander, Enterprise
Air Group
By Ken
Durling
Photo by Ken Durling
This Accurate Miniatures 1/48th scale SBD-3 has been built to depict the plane flown by LCDR C. Wade McClusky, Commander, Enterprise Air Group (CEAG) on June 4, 1942. McClusky, flying GC (BuNo 4618), along with his gunner, W. G. Chochalousek, led the morning strike from Enterprise, comprised of 10 F4F-4s from Fighting 6, 17 SBD-3s from Scouting 6, 15 SBD-2, -3s from Bombing 6 and 14 TBD-1s from Torpedo 6, on the Kido Butai.