Douglas SBD-1 1612 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 A rare and compelling reconnaissance

A rare and compelling reconnaissance variant of the iconic Peacemaker

On 1 October 1940

United States Army Air Forces

54-1420 was piloted by Colonel Bob Orr of the Ohio National Guard

United States Air Force — a VIP transport variant of the Chickasaw serving in the USAF's premier global airlift and executive transport command

Douglas SBD-1 1612 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 A rare and compelling reconnaissanceThese are 1 72 scale decals for Douglas SBD 1 Dauntless 1612, assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) aboard USS Wolverine (IX 64), wearing the Non Specular Light Gray (NS Light Gray) upper surfaces over Non Specular Blue Gray (NS Blue Gray) scheme of the early war period. The USS Wolverine was one of the most unusual vessels in the history of the United States Navy a converted side wheel passenger steamship pressed into service as