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 ...

Underpowered, vulnerable, lacking in range, and exhausting to fly for any length of time, there was little to love about the Douglas SBD Dauntless. However, during the Battle of Midway, the SBD played ...

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.

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 ...

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot ...

In February, the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum announced the addition of a rare 1942 Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24B to its growing fleet of naval aircraft. Acquired from the Lone Star Flight Museum in ...

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. The Douglas Dauntless dive bomber sank more enemy ships than any other Allied bomber, and is best ...

The Commemorative Air Force offers Warbird rides in Fond du Lac during EAA's AirVenture. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt rode in a WWII-era Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, the same type of plane ...

For 80 years, John Sciara has been trying to uncover the truth about what happened to his older brother, a US Marine who went missing in action in the Pacific during World War Two. On January 14, 1944 ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was one of the truly great aircraft of World War II. It played a major role throughout the Pacific. On June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, SBDs destroyed four Japanese ...