Talyn
Emissary
Slow but rugged, the SBD Dauntless dive bomber ravaged the Imperial Japanese Navy during the monumental first year of the Pacific contest, in the process earning a place in the hearts of its pilots.
SBDs flying off the USS Enterprise (CV-6) initiated the Dauntless to combat on the first day of the Pacific war—7 December 1941—when 18 of them were caught by the Japanese flying into Pearl Harbor. Forty-five months later, on VJ Day, U.S. Marine Corps Dauntlesses still were flying missions in the Central Pacific, making the SBD a rare first-to-last warrior.
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1942 was “The Year of the Dauntless.” SBDs won historic victories at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. While naval fighters and torpedo planes made contributions, none could match the striking power of Dauntlesses against fast, maneuvering enemy warships.
Thx BT
SBDs flying off the USS Enterprise (CV-6) initiated the Dauntless to combat on the first day of the Pacific war—7 December 1941—when 18 of them were caught by the Japanese flying into Pearl Harbor. Forty-five months later, on VJ Day, U.S. Marine Corps Dauntlesses still were flying missions in the Central Pacific, making the SBD a rare first-to-last warrior.
The Plane That Won the War
The hitherto-unstoppable imperial Japanese tide had to be rolled back in the crucial year of 1942. Enter . . . the Dauntless.
1942 was “The Year of the Dauntless.” SBDs won historic victories at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. While naval fighters and torpedo planes made contributions, none could match the striking power of Dauntlesses against fast, maneuvering enemy warships.
Thx BT