#Douglas SBD

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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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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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SBD Dauntless flies over Truk Lagoon during a raid 🇺🇸. (1944)

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Bombardiers en piqué Douglas SBD Dauntless de l'US Navy en formation au-dessus du Pacifique - Guerre du Pacifique

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Dauntless

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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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Northrop BT-1 torpedo bombers on board USS ENTERPRISE (the other one) circa 1940.

54 BT-1s entered service with the Navy during 1938. It was deemed unsuitable for carrier use due to handling difficulties and withdrawn from front-line service in late 1940. Despite being retired from front-line units, BT-1s went on to serve in non-combat roles with the USMC and at various coastal Naval Air Bases through 1942 and were totally retired in 1943.

Northrop was a subsidiary of Douglas at the time, and the BT-1 would be the basis for the later Douglas SBD DAUNTLESS.

I loved the brilliant between-wars paint schemes.

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U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Marine Scouting Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241) in flight over Midway

➤➤ BATTLE OF MIDWAY VIDEO: https://youtu.be/joqaga0tpyg

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Dauntless

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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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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless scout bombers Fly in formation over the Caribbean, circa 1944-1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Dauntless in action - 1942

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Dauntless

Slow But Deadly. Oshkosh 2023

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WWII by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: Circa 1942 – In flight formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless. Midway, Pacific. Photo by Frank Scherschel