#Douglas Dauntless

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Douglas SBD Dauntless piloted by American Lt. George Glacken with his gunner Leo Boulange. New Guinea, April, 1944

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A Douglas SBD Dive bomber over Wake Island 1943!

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A US Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-8 on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Midway in 1942 CREDIT : Royston Leonard

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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless taxiing for takeoff

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They packed the attack... Douglas Aircraft Company ad - 1944.

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"Diving in the Dauntless"

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Douglas SBD Dauntless en formation au-dessus du Pacifique - 1940's

©Life Magazine

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Dauntless Dive Bombers in flight somewhere over the Pacific, 1942-1943.

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October 1943

Deck crew spot-checking Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers of bombing squadron VB-12 on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3)

OPERATION SHOESTRING 2

After participating in combined fleet exercises off Espiritu Santo between the 7th and 10th of October 1943, VF-12, now part of

Carrier Air Group 12, departed Espiritu Santo aboard the USS Saratoga (CV-3) on October 31,1943; along with Air Group

23 aboard the USS Princeton (CVL-23), to form backbone of TaskForce 38. Here USS Saratoga is underway off Espiritu Santo in October 1943.

As part of Operation Shoestring 2, Task Force 38 was assigned to raid the Japanese airfields on Buka and Bonis Islands off the northern tip of Bougainville, in order to cover the landings being made at Cape Torokina and Empress Augusta Bay. For the first two days in November 1943, the Saratoga, and Princeton made

vicious assaults on the Buka and Bonis Islands airfields, approaching so close to shore (13 miles south east of the islands (06* 25’ S 154* 53’ E) that the twin fields were almost visible from the ships. (vbf-12.com)

(U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

(Colourised by Benjamin Thomas)

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Douglas SBD Dauntless

“A U.S. Navy dive-bomber uses a road as a runway near Safi, French Morocco, on December 11, 1942, but hits a soft shoulder in the takeoff.”

(AP)

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It’s not great, but I kind of like it.

It’s giving “Strangers in the Night” vibes. 😂

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Dauntless in action - 1942

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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Taken: 11/10/24

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Douglas Dauntless

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Le Capitaine John F. Adams du Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 231 (VMSB 231) sur son Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless – Guerre du Pacifique – Ile Dalop – Atoll de Majuro – Iles Marshall – Août 1944

©National Archives and Records Administration - 80-G-401047

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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of squadron VB-12. USS Saratoga (CV-3), October 1943