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The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy 's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944.
English: A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 132 (VMSB-132) in flight, in 1941. Date: 1941: Source:
Douglas SBD Dauntless; Usage on ar.wikipedia.org قاذفة انقضاضية; رايت آر-1820 سيكلون; Usage on az.wikipedia.org Ən çox istehsal olunan təyyarələrin siyahısı; Usage on ca.wikipedia.org Douglas SBD Dauntless; Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Střemhlavý bombardér; Usage on da.wikipedia.org Styrtbombefly; Usage on de ...
English: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5) from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) over Wake Island, 5 or 6 October 1943. Photographed by Lt. Charles Kerlee of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit commanded by LCdr. Edward Steichen.
A Douglas SBD Dauntless drops its bomb. The dive brakes are extended and are visible behind the wings. A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact throughout ...
Douglas SBD Dauntless The Northrop BT was an American two-seat, single- engine monoplane dive bomber built by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Navy . At the time, Northrop was a subsidiary of the Douglas Aircraft Company .
A U.S. Navy SBD releasing a bomb. During the battle, a two-man Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber crew consisting of pilot Ensign Norman Vandivier and S1 (Radioman) Lee Keaney from the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier are in the first wave of dive bombers attacking and sinking a Japanese carrier. In their attempt to escape, their aircraft is ...
Curtiss XSB2C Helldiver prototype on its maiden flight. The Helldiver was developed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless.It was a much larger aircraft, able to operate from the latest aircraft carriers and carry a considerable array of armament.