Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single engine, low wing, carrier based scout/dive bomber.Both sides of fuselage: "109," U. S. star and bar insignia.
Eighty-five years ago today, on September 6, 1940, the United States Navy received its first Douglas SBD Dauntless-a carrier-based dive-bomber and scout aircraft that would go on to earn legendary ...
The SBD made her maiden flight on April 22, 1938, and officially entered service the following year. The deadly efficacy of dive-bombing, as proven by Nazi Germany’s infamous Junkers Ju-87 Stuka ...
At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...
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