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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.
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 ...
Historically significant U.S. Navy aircraft recovered include the Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber Bureau Number 2106 which survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, [10] [11] the only Vought SB2U Vindicator Scout-Bomber known to exist, [12] [13] the Grumman F6F Hellcat Fighter Bureau Number 25910, [14] and an extremely rare early "Bird Cage" Vought F4U-1 Corsair.
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.
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.
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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 ...
No. 25 Squadron was formed at Seagrove Aerodrome, near Auckland, in July 1943 under the command of Squadron Leader Theodore Jasper Maclean de Lange.Its initial complement of aircraft was nine Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 dive bombers from United States Marine Aircraft Group 14, which had been stationed at Seagrove.