Editing Vought SB2U Vindicator (section)

===U.S. Marine Corps===
[[VMA-231|VMSB-231]] and [[VMA-241|VMSB-241]] were the only two USMC squadrons that fielded the Marine-specific SB2U-3 between March 1941 and September 1943. VMSB-241's Vindicators saw combat at the Battle of Midway in June 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://midway1942.org/docs/usn_doc_18.shtml|title=Midway 1942 : Documents : Commanding Officer Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron 241. Action report. June 12, 1942|access-date=2013-06-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201172622/http://midway1942.org/docs/usn_doc_18.shtml|archive-date=2014-02-01}}</ref> Airmen with experience in more modern aircraft spoke disparagingly of SB2Us as "vibrators" or "wind indicators" in their later combat assignments.<ref name="Proceedings">O'Rourke, G.G, CAPT USN. "Of Hosenoses, Stoofs, and Lefthanded Spads". ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'', July 1968.</ref><ref name="P2">Spangenburg, Walt, CAPT USN. "Comment and Discussion". ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'', October 1968.</ref> Captain [[Richard E. Fleming]] piloted a SB2U-3 Vindicator in an attack on the [[Japanese cruiser Mikuma|Japanese cruiser ''Mikuma'']] on 5 June 1942, for which he was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref name="Always Faithful">{{citation|title=Always Faithful|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/Naval%20Aviation%20News/2000/2003/may-june/always.pdf|publisher=Naval Aviation News|author=Hill Goodspeed|date=May 2003|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref>