Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily ...

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The story of a lost SBD Dauntless in Vanuatu is not just a technical puzzle about a missing aircraft, it is a human tragedy that still echoes across a Pacific island chain shaped by war. To understand ...

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 ...

What can be said about this iconic warbird that hasn’t already been said? The Dauntless made its maiden flight on May 1, 1940, and entered into official operational service with the U.S. Navy and U.S.

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 ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach recently acquired a Douglas SBD Dauntless which was one of the most successful dive bombers in World War 2. Before making its ...