SBD-5
One of the very few (if not the only) airworthy SBD Dauntlesses in the world. In the U.S. Navy's nomenclature, the S stood for 'Scout', the B stood for 'Bomber', and the D represented the manufacturer, Douglas Aircraft. Douglas merged with McDonnell in the late 1960s, and the resulting company was eventually acquired and absorbed by Boeing.
This belongs to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, TX, and actually belonged to the U.S. Army during World War II. The Army designated it the A-24. Navy flyers nicknamed the SBD 'Slow, But Deadly'. Through their destruction of four Japanese carriers, the Dauntless pretty much won the Battle of Midway in 1942, but as an older design it was eventually replaced in Navy usage by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.
SBD-5
One of the very few (if not the only) airworthy SBD Dauntlesses in the world. In the U.S. Navy's nomenclature, the S stood for 'Scout', the B stood for 'Bomber', and the D represented the manufacturer, Douglas Aircraft. Douglas merged with McDonnell in the late 1960s, and the resulting company was eventually acquired and absorbed by Boeing.
This belongs to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, TX, and actually belonged to the U.S. Army during World War II. The Army designated it the A-24. Navy flyers nicknamed the SBD 'Slow, But Deadly'. Through their destruction of four Japanese carriers, the Dauntless pretty much won the Battle of Midway in 1942, but as an older design it was eventually replaced in Navy usage by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.