re: #310 Dark_Falcon

Good link. The planes he served on were SBD Dauntless dive bombers BTW. Good planes, but the work was dangerous. Mostly they were used for anti-shipping attacks against the columns of Japanese destroyers call “The Tokyo Express”. The main threat, however, was Japanese fighters, as the IJN’s Anti-Aircraft weapons and tactics were fairly poor.

32 missions earned you the DFC?…I did not know that….I thought it was awarded for valor