Douglas SBD-2P 2173 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 Military Air Transport Service (MATS)

Military Air Transport Service (MATS)

MNCR — Metro-North Railroad: the cars in Metro-North livery

and the solemn flights that followed national tragedies

A meaningful medevac subject representing the evolution of Army National Guard aeromedical evacuation between Korea and Vietnam

Douglas SBD-2P 2173 Carrier Qualification Training Unit USS Wolverine IX-64 Military Air Transport Service (MATS)These are 1 72 scale decals for Douglas SBD 2P Dauntless 2173, assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) aboard USS Wolverine (IX 64), wearing Non Specular Light Gray (NS Light Gray) upper surfaces over Non Specular Blue Gray (NS Blue Gray) with modex P 8. The SBD 2P was a photo reconnaissance conversion of the SBD 2, with a camera installation replacing the rear gunner's armament one of several specialized Dauntless variants that