The “slow but deadly” warbird sank more Japanese shipping than any other Allied aircraft. As if that wasn’t amazing enough, the Dauntless stands out as the only WWII bomber with a positive ...

the U.S. Navy’s Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was the true game changer of the WWII Pacific Theatre, by virtue of its smashing feat of sinking four Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft ...

Lt. Richard Best is in Squadron Six(VB-6) of the USS Enterprise Air flying an SBD Dauntless bomber. The Americans are going up against the mighty Japanese fleet also known as the Kidō Butai.

In addition to all of the plane’s impressive dive-bombing feats, its crews also put those machine guns to good use: the ...