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.

The South Pacific WWII Museum unravels the story of a Douglas SBD Dauntless recovered in 2023, revealing a tale of wartime ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

-- A rare, combat-flown World War II U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2P "Dauntless" Dive Bomber recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan arrived Friday at Air Zoo, where it will be restored. After evaluating ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A new piece of history is heading to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo this week. The museum will be restoring a Douglas SBD dive bomber, which was used in World War II. The ...

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 ...

PORTAGE — Students put on safety glasses and rolled up their sleeves Thursday to learn history and science first hand at the Air Zoo. Five students from Ross Beatty Junior-Senior High School in ...

Today we are looking at the origins and development history of the Douglas SBD Dauntless, the 'Slow but deadly' hero of the battle of Midway.

Douglas agreed to address the problem, beginning with the 58th production model. The Navy agreed to accept the first 57 SBD-1s without modification and decided that the Marines, who mostly operated ...