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...

Look up SBD, sbd, or sbd. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. SBD may refer to: Douglas SBD Dauntless, a World War II American naval scout plane and dive...

and the Northrop BT-1, the last of which would evolve into the Douglas SBD Dauntless. The Great Lakes XB2G, Great Lakes XTBG, Grumman XSBF, Hall XPTBH...

subsidiary of the Douglas Aircraft Company. While unsuccessful in its own right, the BT was subsequently redesigned into the Douglas SBD Dauntless, which would...

War II. While flying as a gunner for pilot Frank O'Flaherty in a Douglas SBD Dauntless during the Battle of Midway, he was shot down and captured by the...

an order with the Douglas Aircraft Company for two prototypes of a new two-seat dive bomber to replace both the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the new Curtiss...

Look up dauntless in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dauntless may refer to: Douglas SBD Dauntless, a World War II American naval scout plane and dive...

turning point of the Pacific war. During the battle, a two-man Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber crew consisting of pilot Ensign Norman Vandivier and...

boat transport Douglas R2D - Transport Douglas R3D - Transport Douglas R4D - Transport Douglas R5D - Transport Douglas SBD Dauntless - Carrier-based...

Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few survivors are extant. Initially poor handling characteristics...

aircraft, and the Douglas SBD Dauntless, which sank more Japanese shipping than any other allied aircraft type. The SBD Dauntless helped win the Battle...

DB-7 (known as the A-20, Havoc or Boston), the SBD Dauntless dive bomber, and the A-26 Invader. Douglas Aircraft suffered cutbacks at the end of the war...

States ship. These actions included the attack on Pearl Harbor — 18 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of her air group arrived over the harbor during the...

C. L. Crommelin) VF-5: 36 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters VB-5: 36 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers VT-5: 18 Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers Lexington...

aircraft such as the Douglas SBD Dauntless, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and the Grumman TBF Avenger. Designed by Ed Heinemann of the Douglas Aircraft Company...

redesignated as VMSB-244. In October of that year they changed out their Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers for the new Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver. During the early...

Messerschmitt Bf 109, Hawker Hurricane, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Avro Lancaster, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Douglas TBD Devastator, Grumman TBF Avenger...

function from other roles, such as "scout bombers", such as the Douglas SBD Dauntless and "scout observation" such as the Curtiss SOC Seagull, and the...

squadron (VB) composed of 18 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers 1 scouting squadron (VS) composed of 18 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers 1 torpedo squadron...

comparable role, configuration, and era Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Douglas SBD Dauntless Fairey Barracuda Fairey Fulmar Ilyushin Il-2 Junkers Ju 187 Sukhoi...

TBF Avengers from Hornet's VT-8. The Marine Corps stationed 19 Douglas SBD Dauntless, seven F4F-3 Wildcats, 17 Vought SB2U Vindicators, and 21 Brewster...

DC-5), every wartime example of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Douglas SBD Dauntless bombers, the early versions of the Polikarpov I-16 fighter (as the...

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bomber in the Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless compared to Japan's Aichi D3A2 "Val". Benefitting from fortunate timing, bombs from the Dauntless sank all four...

from the Ellice Islands. Grumman FM-1 Wildcat fighters escorted Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman TBF Avengers from escort carriers USS Liscome...

on 4 October completely undetected. At 06:18, Ranger launched 20 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and an escort of eight Wildcats. One division of dive...

group was 26 Grumman F4F Wildcats, 25 Douglas SBD Dauntlesses, and 11 Grumman TBF Avengers. (One SBD Dauntless was earlier lost on 24 August by ditching...

the command of Lieutenant Jimmy Thach), 43 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of VB-3 and VS-3, and 11 Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers of VT-3. The...

retired 38 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber 1940 retired 1959 5,936 Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber 1943 retired 1945 30 Douglas XTB2D Skypirate...

Zealand Air Force was formed at Seagrove, Auckland in July 1943 with Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and served in the Southern Pacific based at the Piva...