Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber. SBD is an acronym for Scout Bomber Douglas, but the performance of the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber, especially in the Battle of Midway, earned it the nickname "Slow But Deadly." Having been designed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation from 1940 to 1944, the service of the Dauntless with the United States Navy spanned from. The Dauntless dive bomber flew almost entirely over the Pacific, and there it did more to win the war than any other bomber type, even including the Superfort's two atom bomb missions
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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 Navy and Marine Corps pilots, from land bases as well as aircraft carriers, the Dauntless was the principal American dive bomber through much of the war, being replaced by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver only in mid-1944.
The Douglas SBD Dauntless was developed as an evolution of Northrop Aviation Corporation's BT-1 and BT-2 dive bombers, which entered service in 1936 Introduced in 1940, the Douglas Dauntless was developed as a scout bomber, hence its SBD designation (Scout Bomber - Douglas) 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
. By some accounts, the Dauntless sank more Japanese ships than any other plane Produced between 1940 and 1944, the aircraft was adored by its flight crews which praised its ruggedness, dive performance, maneuverability, and heavy armament.
Douglas SBD5 Dauntless Dive Bomber NX670AM BuNo 28536 USN a photo on Flickriver. The Douglas SBD Dauntless was one of the truly great aircraft of World War II 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