Unquestionably the most successful dive-bomber ever to see frontline service with any air arm, the Douglas SBD Dauntless was the scourge of the Japanese Imperial Fleet in the crucial years of the Pacific War. The revolutionary all-metal stressed-skin design of the SBD exhibited airframe strength that made it an ideal dive-bomber, its broad wing, with horizontal centre section and sharply tapered outer panels with dihedral, boasting perforated split flaps that doubled as dive brakes during the steep bombing attacks. This ...
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Unquestionably the most successful dive-bomber ever to see frontline service with any air arm, the Douglas SBD Dauntless was the scourge of the Japanese Imperial Fleet in the crucial years of the Pacific War. The revolutionary all-metal stressed-skin design of the SBD exhibited airframe strength that made it an ideal dive-bomber, its broad wing, with horizontal centre section and sharply tapered outer panels with dihedral, boasting perforated split flaps that doubled as dive brakes during the steep bombing attacks. This illustrated, detailed volume explores the features of the American aircraft and the action it saw in the Pacific.
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Add this copy of Sbd Dauntless Units of World War II. Osprey Combat to cart. $21.03, like new condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 2009 by Osprey Publishing.
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Fine. 4to. 99pp, index, bibliography, bw & col ills. New copy. This volume examines the SBD's impressive war record by charting its frontline career with the Navy throughout the Pacific conflict, and describes the fighting experience of the Marine Corps, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Free French Air Force.
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Add this copy of Sbd Dauntless Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Osprey Publishing.
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