Richard Halsey Best
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Richard Halsey Best was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II. Stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Best led his dive bomber squadron at
Richard Halsey Best
VB-6 pilots in January 1942: Best is seated 3rd from the left.
SBD-2s on Enterprise, April, 1942, Hornet in the background
The flight deck of USS Enterprise on May 15, 1942: The first SBD is either Best's ("B-1") or that of the CO of VS-6 ("S-1").
C. Wade McClusky
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Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War. He played a major part in the Battle of Midway; in the words of Admiral Chester N
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…Midway-based PBY Catalina patrol aircraft on the morning of June 4, 1942, Enterprise started to launch her air group at 7:06 a.m. Air group commander Lt. Cdr. Wade McClusky led a force of 14 TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6), 34 SBDs of VB-6 and VS-6, and ten F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of Fighting…
McClusky in 1943–1944