Douglas SBD-1 1612 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 Fort Rucker — the home

Fort Rucker — the home of U

Air Force markings and Southeast Asia camouflage

A rare and compelling reconnaissance variant of the iconic Peacemaker

On 1 October 1940

the aircraft used by President-Elect Dwight D

Douglas SBD-1 1612 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 Fort Rucker — the homeThese 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