This aircraft crashed in Lake Michigan on May 14th, 1944, following engine failure after takeoff from the USS Sable, a modified excursion steamer used for training at Great Lakes Naval Air Station. It also has the “wishbone” bomb mechanism to ensure proper clearance between the bomb and propeller blades when it is released during nearly vertical dives. This aircraft, SBD-4 number 10694, is equipped with air-to-surface (ASV) radar, key during reconnaissance missions, and has the hallmark wing trailing edge “dive brakes” to control aircraft speed during dives. The A-24Bs were then phased out of combat by the Army. From December 1943 until March 1944, an A-24B squadron flew from Makin Island against Japanese controlled islands in the Marshall Islands. Army Air Force had its own version of the SBD, called the A-24 Banshee. Several SBD naval aviators earned the “Ace” designation in the fast-paced combat scenarios of Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal battles, in spite of the aircraft’s relatively slow speed and modest armament. One month later, in the June 1942 Battle of Midway, SBDs sunk three Japanese carriers in five minutes. An SBD was the first aircraft to sink an enemy ship in WWII (Japanese submarine I-70), just three days after the Pearl Harbor attack.įirst extended combat test of the SBD came on May 7th, 1942, at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Navy at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. The SBD-4 was the model in use by the U.S. Its designation of SBD stood for “Scout Bomber Douglas.” The Dauntless started as a Northrop design but was considered a Douglas Aircraft Company product in 1937. The SBD was designed as a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. The SBD was also effectively used in the North Atlantic and North Africa theaters. The SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) was the United States Navy’s main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. SBD units were also instrumental in winning the fight for Guadalcanal. The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. Navy and Marine SBD squadrons were credited with sinking Japanese carriers in the Battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. It sank more Japanese shipping than any other Allied bomber. A variant of it, designated as A-24 Banshee, was a modified SBD for the United States Army.The SBD Dauntless was the most effective U.S. Until the end of the year 1944, nearly 6000 aircraft had been built. It contributed a lot to the American victories during the Pacific War against the Japanese Imperial Navy. The aircraft was the flag-ship nose-dive bomber of the United States Navy, during the Pacific War. The Dauntless was first flown in June 1935. The new aircraft, built at Northrops El Segundo plant, which had become a division of Douglas Aircraft, evolved into Douglas famous Dauntless dive bomber. This single engine plane played a major role in sinking the aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu on 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway, a turning. The bomber should be equipped with nose-dive air brakes and must be able to survive 9G forces after pulling up from an absolved nose-dive. For the main bomber, a maximum weight of 6,000 lb (2.722 kg) and a payload of 1,000 lb (454 kg) were required. The reconnaissance variant should not have a highĮr take-off weight than 5,000 lb (2.268 kg) and should carry 500 lb (227 kg) of bombs. The SBD bomber was the result of a US-Navy requirement for a new carrier-based all-metal construction bomber aircraft, with a retractable undercarriage. The Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless was a single engine, carrier-based bomber aircraft, that was flown by the United States Navy during World War II, mainly over the Pacific Ocean against the Japanese.
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