Eighty-five years ago, the U.S. Navy took delivery of its first Douglas SBD Dauntless. Discover the history, combat record, ...

In common with other Douglas aircraft whose names began with the letter "D", the SBD was named the Dauntless. Although the Navy had placed an order, it did not consider the SBD-1 to be fully ...

At least three planes were located within the aft Elevator #3 of USS Yorktown during the dive on April 20, including an overturned SBD Dauntless that was still armed with a bomb mounted to the ...

Nearing obsolescence at the start of World War II, the Douglas SBD Dauntless served throughout the entire conflict, becoming one of the most important naval aircraft in the Pacific Theater.

Project Recover, a nonprofit that searches for those missing in action since World War II, has found three of the missing aircraft which include two SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers and one TBM/F-1 ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was one of the truly great aircraft of World War II. It played a major role throughout the Pacific. On June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, SBDs destroyed four Japanese ...

The downed aircraft include two SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers and one TBM/F-1 Avenger torpedo bomber, according to the University of Delaware.