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VMSB-131, USMC
- based at Camp Mitchell, New Bern, N.C. in August of 1941. Similar to the SB2U-2 but fitted with a 825hp R-1535-102 engine, crew armour and two 0.5in guns, 57 built. They spent most of their career to train drivers, suffering as a result of accidents of losses similar to combat units (50%). |