"2-S-12, SBD-3 Bu. No. 4547 flew both the Shoho strike at Coral Sea on May 7 and a defensive CAP for USS Lexington on May 8. At the time of the battle she wore only the "S-12" as the "2" had been removed for operational security purposes. The 2-S-12 marked SBD-3 with victory flags that they toured around the country with after Coral Sea for morale purposes, was indeed a new build SBD off of the El Segundo production line. I have found that Bu No 4547 was part of the Yorktown Air Group at Midway with Scouting 3 (formerly Bombing 5 at Coral Sea) and was operational aboard USS Enterprise at the end of the Battle of Midway after recovering there. She stayed operational in the Pacific Theater at least thru Guadalcanal. Bu. No. 4547 was reported lost with Scouting 8 on 12/31/42 in the South Pacific Theater.
Seeing how Lexington's Air Group was operational and heavily involved in combat operations until the time of her loss, 2-S-12/4547 would likely have been well weathered."
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