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	Informat.io on Sb2u Vindicator
		The Vought SB2U Vindicator (known as the Chesapeake in Royal Navy service) was a carrier-based dive bomber developed for the US Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role.
		Vindicators served on four carriers, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, USS Ranger, and USS Wasp between December 1937 and September 1942.
		The SB2U was of conventional low-wing tailwheel monoplane configuration, with the pilot and tailgunner seated in tandem under a long greenhouse-style canopy.
	www.informat.io /?title=sb2u-vindicator (609 words)

	SB2U-3 Vindicator Review by Steven Eisenman (Accurate Miniatures 1/48)
		It may not have been 13 years ago that a high quality, injection molded kit of the Vindicator was conceived, but given the trials and tribulations of Accurate Miniatures since that conception, very few modelers thought the kit would finally be released.
		The marking provided are for the Vindicators of Marine unit VMSB-241 at Midway on June 5, 1942, all in Blue-Gray over Light Gray.
		The separator pictures the Vindicator of pilot Capt. Richard Fleming and radio/gunner PFC George Toms.
	kits.kitreview.com /sb2u3midwayreviewse_1.htm (1457 words)

	MPM's 1/72 SB2U Vindicator
		The Vindicator was an attractive airplane, and one that gained some none-too-complimentary nicknames from its pilots: the "Wind-Indicator," based on its relatively slow speed (250 mph), and "Vibrator," a reference to the sensation caused by the Pratt & Whitney R-1525 Twin Wasp Engine on the long, streamlined fuselage.
		Nevertheless, he scored a hit amidships on the cruiser, destroying the ship's aircraft on their catapults and causing flames from burning fuel to be sucked down an intake system, detonating fumes in the starboard engine room and killing every sailor in the compartment.
		This long introduction to the Vindicator is important, because the MPM kit is the best injection-molded kit to capture the SB2U-3, arguably the most important variant.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/august/first-looks/mpm_vindicator.htm (1140 words)

	Chance-Vought SB2U Vindicator, by Jack McKillop
		In the meantime, the Japanese launched ten additional "Zekes" with a full load of ammunition and four Vindicators were lost; one was shot down, one pilot failed to release his bomb and disappeared while attempting to try again and two landed at sea while returning to Midway.
		By 1943, all Vindicators had been transferred to training units throughout the U.S.; the largest concentration of SB2Us was at NAS Jacksonville, Florida where they were used for scout bomber operational training.
		No SB2U survived the war; approximately 30 percent were lost in combat while 50 percent were lost due to accidents and attrition.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/sb2u_vindicator.htm (3673 words)

	j-models - Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator
		This was the first SB2U to be named Vindicator but the name was applied retroactively to previous models.
		Vindicator squadrons served in five U.S. Navy aircraft carriers from the end of 1937 to 1942: USS Saratoga, USS Lexington, USS Ranger, USS Wasp and USS Essex.
		By the end of 1942 and the beginning of the following year the Vindicators were replaced by the SBD-2s Dauntless.
	www.j-models.org /vindicator.htm (1004 words)

	Vought SB2U Vindicator - reconnaissance, bomber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The SB2U was this company's first low-wing monoplane and, like the earlier SBU, was a scout/bomber.
		The generally similar SB2U-2 version was followed by the SB2U-3, which also formed the basis for the V-156 export model; some of these were delivered to France and the remainder of the order to Britain as the Chesapeake.
		Unfortunately the Vindicator was not as successful as Vought's earlier biplanes and was soon relegated to a training role.
	avia.russian.ee /air/usa/vought_vindicator.html (95 words)

	SB2U Vindicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SB2U was evaluated alongside the Brewster XSBA-1, Curtiss XSBC-3, Great Lakes XB2G-1, Grumman XSBF-1, and Northrop XBT-1.
		Air Group Nine, destined for USS Essex, trained in Vindicators aboard the auxiliary carrier USS Charger but transitioned to the SBD Dauntless before Essex joined the war.
		VMSB-241's Vindicators saw combat at Midway in June 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SB2U_Vindicator (619 words)

	ssb2u2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Shortly after their arrival at Midway, half of the squadron’s personnel returned to MCAS Ewa where they became the cadre of a reorganized VMSB-231, and began transition training in the SBD-2 Dauntless.
		Each Vindicator was armed with a single 500-pound bomb on the centerline bomb rack.
		Their target was the Japanese battleship Haruna and Norris managed to score a near miss that caused some damage to the Japanese battleship.
	www.vought.com /heritage/special/html/ssb2u2.html (1238 words)

	Classic Airframes 1/48 SB2U Vindicator, previewed by Tom Cleaver
		The last SB2U in Navy service was written off on October 5, 1943 and turned into an instructional airframe with others for training mechanics.
		What is today the sole surviving SB2U was fished out of Lake Michigan where it had been ditched by a student pilot attempting to land aboard the training carrier “Wolverine,” in the late 1980s.
		The best kit of the SB2U to date was produced in 2000 by MPM in 1/72, released as both a French V-156F and an SB2U-2.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/allies/previews/cleaversb2upreview.htm (1807 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator
		The SB2U Vindicator was one of several designs for scout bombers that the US Navy procured in mid-1934 to transition the Navy's combat aircraft from biplane to low-wing monoplane.
		The XSB2U-1 Vindicator first flew in January 1936 and delivered to the US Navy in July of that year.
		The SB2U-1 is the second of the Vindicator series to be released by Accurate Miniatures.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/am/kit_am_sb2u-1.shtml (746 words)

	Fleither » SB2U Vindicator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Battle of Midway SB2U Vindicator http files.netwings.org files cfs2 american Battle of Midway SB2U Vindicator midwaysb2u.zip This is a.
		Dauntless Grumman TBF 1 Avenger B 26 Marauder Vought SB2U Vindicator Land Based Reconnaissance Consolidated 5 Catalina Midway was the combat for Avengers.
		Try to describe a scene a typical SBD or SB2U First of all the planes in revetment that were bulldozed of the coral sand was.
	www.fleither.com /category/sb2u-vindicator (1340 words)

	Accurate Miniatures 1/48 Vought SB2U-1 Vindicator
		Interestingly the SB2U was a bit of a back step as far as construction went in that it's aft fuselage was almost entirely fabric covered metal framing, as were the wings and control surfaces.
		First I want to note that the new Accurate Miniatures SB2U Vindicator kit is indeed 1/48 and not 1/72 as suggested in a recent review by one of the international aviation scale modeling publications.
		Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator kit is beautifully done, with the exception of some significant sink marks that ring the aft section of the fuselage.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2005/september/first-looks/accmin_vindicator.php (1003 words)

	Vought-Sikorsky SB2U Chesapeake aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It was a very important advance for the USN when it entered service in 1937, at that time it was the US Navy's first low wing monoplane that featured retractable landing gear, the space saving feature of folding wings, affording the higher performance of monoplanes without reducing numbers of aircraft aboard a carrier.
		The Fleet Air Arm received 50 of the SB2U dive bomber, an original order of the Vought-Sikorsky V-156-B1 from the US to France but transferred to Britain in October 1940 after the German invasion earlier in that year.
		The only SB2U believed to exist in the world is in the National Museum of Naval Aviation (USA).
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/Chesapeake.htm (763 words)

	Vought SB2U Vindicator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The SB2U combined biplane technology with a monoplane layout.
		It was a very important advance for the USN when it entered service, but already obsolete in 1940.
		The additional weight of combat equipment had very adverse effects on the performance of the SB2U.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/us/SB2UVIND.html (71 words)

	SB2U Vindicator Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Nearly obsolete at the beginning of World War II, the Vindicator was known more often as the "Vibrator" due to the noise and vibrations that one endured while flying in it.
		While it was used by the Marines in the battle of Midway, it was soon retired from front-line service because it was too vulnerable to Japanese aircraft such as the Zero.
		If this page does not have a navigational frame on the left, click HERE to see the rest of the website.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/vindicat.htm (202 words)

	SB2U Vindicator Bureau Number 1383
		The last Vindicator delivered to the US Navy, in 1939.
		It served with four squadrons from carriers USS Ranger CV-4, USS Wasp CV-7 and USS Charger ACV-30.
		Today, it is displayed statically restored at the museum, and is the only Vindicator known to exisit in the world.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /aircraft/sb2u/1383.html (95 words)

	sb2u-3
		On September 25, 1939, the proposal was accepted and Vought received a contract for 57 aircraft under the designation SB2U3.
		It is a little known fact that the first production SB2U-3 was actually delivered as a float aircraft then reconfigured as a land plane before formal acceptance by the Marines.
		It was during the production run of the SB2U-3 that the Navy decided to give the aircraft a name and bestowed the name “Vindicator” to the entire SB2U series.
	www.vought.com /heritage/products/html/sb2u-3.html (577 words)

	Vought SB2U Vindicator 1/72 Scale
		This is a model of a land based Marine dive bomber that flew from Midway to resist the attempted Japanese invasion of June 1942.
		Midway was the last combat for Vindicators, as they were in the process of being replaced on U.S. Navy carriers by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers.
		The French flew an export version of the Vindicator, the V-156F, against the German and Italian invasion of 1940.
	www.jdburgessonline.com /planes/vindicator.html (209 words)

	Vought Sikorsky SB2U Vindicator for the US Navy and WWII
		This was the Navy's first monoplane Scout-Bomber opening up a new generation af Navy Aviation in the 30's.
		By the time the war had started, the Vindicator was sadly outperformed by the Japanese fighters in the Pacific.
		An all-metal, low-wing monoplane with two crew seated in tandem beneath a long glasshouse, simple radial engine and retractable undercarriage: the definition was typical of the US Navy scout-bombers and torpedo-bombers of the late thirties-the new generation which followed the classic biplanes and laid the foundation for the combat types of World War II....
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Vought-Vindicator/vindicat.php (119 words)

	► » What is the Lockheed Vindicator?
		The SB2U was made by Vought, not Vultee.
		You may be confusing the SB2U with the BT-13, aka the "Vultee Vibrator".
		The Vindicator was built by Vought, not Vultee.
	www.unabb.com /What-is-the-Lockheed-Vindicator-6346512x1607.htm (1142 words)

	FSDome.com - Microsoft Flight Simulator Downloads - Aircraft, Panels, Sounds, Scenery etc
		Textures only for Paul Clawson's Vought SB2U Vindicator, available on this website.
		They carried the "Neutrality Star" on their noses to signify their participation in the "Neutrality Patrol." Repaint by Mick Morrissey.
		FS2002 Vought SB2U Vindicator VS-72 Section Leaders textures.
	www.fsdome.com /library/aircraft/318.htm (845 words)

	previews - the first look
		The Vindicator is one of those planes that has long been sought as a kit by modellers.
		The major parts of Special Hobby’s Vindicator are molded on two sprues of light gray plastic.
		The SB2U-1 and -2, like the other versions of the Vindicator, has two parts of flaps on both sides of the inner parts of the wing.
	home.datacomm.ch /matterhorncircle/report01.htm (544 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2U-2 Vindicator
		The XSB2U-2 Vindicator first flew in January 1936 and delivered to the US Navy in July of that year.
		The SB2U-2 is the third of the Vindicator series to be released by Accurate Miniatures.
		Like the SB2U-1/3, the kit is molded in light gray styrene and feature the usual Accurate Miniatures' exquisite detailing.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/am/kit_am_sb2u-2.shtml (754 words)

	File Library - last
		Textures only for Paul Clawson's Vought SB2U Vindicator (SB2U1.ZIP).
		Both of the carriers assigned to the Navy's Atlantic Squadron, Ranger (CV-4) and Wasp (CV-7) had SB2U Vindicators assigned to their Air Group Commanders.
		They carried the "Neutrality Star" on their noses to signify their participation in the "Neutrality Patrol." This archive contains textures for both of them.
	www.fs2000.org /last/news.asp?id=4374 (57 words)

	Original Artwork: Joseph S. Howanski: SB2U Vindicator
		Historic participant in America's victory at the Battle of Midway in June of 1942 was the Navy's first monoplane scout bomber, the SB2U Vindicator.
		Commissioned from United Aircraft's Vought-Sikorsy division in 1934, this all-metal bomber replaced the biplane as the Navy's front line combat aircraft.
		On the second day of battle at Midway, a Marine force including six Vindicators led by Capt. Richard E. Fleming attacked the Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami andMikuma.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5TBYKX.HTM (333 words)

	Techmod SB2U Vindicator at War UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Techmod SB2U Vindicator at War UK Plastic Model Kits, Second-hand, Discontinued and New from the UK
		Home » Catalogue » Decals » Aircraft 1/48 Scale » Techmod SB2U Vindicator at War
		Item: Techmod - SB2U Vindicator at War Scale: 1/48 Date: New
	www.modelsforsale.com /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=233353 (218 words)

	SB2U Vindicator in Action (ssp1122) Squadron/Signal Publications Plastic Model Airplane Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		SB2U Vindicator in Action (ssp1122) Squadron/Signal Publications Plastic Model Airplane Book
		"SB2U Vindicator in Action" Aircraft Number 122 Book, Squadron/Signal Publications.
		Images and Descriptions are representative only, actual items may vary.
	www.hobbylinc.com /gr/ssp/ssp1122.htm (31 words)

	SB2U VINDICATOR CANOPY
		All Forums >> Radios, Engines, Batteries, Clubhouse and more >> Unusual R/C >> SB2U VINDICATOR CANOPY
		I HAVE A SET OF DOC KIETH VINDICATOR PLANS FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS.
		I HAVE LOCATED A COWL & TAIL CONE BUT NEED A SUPPLIER FOR THE CANOPY.
	www.rcuniverse.com /forum/m_3293856/tm.htm (603 words)

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