Info needed on a Coral Sea SBD pilot....
I was wondering if there were any sites similar to the Army Air Forces board out there for the US Navy? I am looking for info on Lt. John Powers-- he was a pilot off of Yorktown who dove down onto Shokaku and released his 1000 pound bomb at arounf 300-500 ft above the carrier to ensure a hit. He never made it out of the dive and was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. I am interested in finding more info on his plane (whether it was a -2 or -3, numbers, etc)-- I have searched all through Google and come up short on the details...
I imagine these records are somewhere- but where would I begin to look??