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. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944.

The Douglas SBD Dauntless sank more Japanese shipping in the Pacific, with the lowest loss ratio of any Navy carrier-based combat aircraft.

Designed as a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, by designer Ed Heinemann who worked for Jack Northrop, the Dauntless SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) was one of the 35 US aircraft types that engaged in the major battles of WW II. Despite being slow and low-tech, it would change the course of the Naval Pacific war.

2020年2月27日 · The SBD Dauntless was the primary dive bomber and scout plane for the United States Navy between mid-1940 and mid-1944 and was also flown by the United States Marine Corps from both aircraft carriers and land bases in this timeframe.

The US Navy’s primary dive-bomber at the war’s start, the Douglas SBD Dauntless earned its reputation—and helped earn victory—at the 1942 Battle of Midway, sinking four Japanese carriers.

2021年6月5日 · If there was one airplane that seriously challenged the SBD for the title of world’s best dive bomber, it was the Stuka. But the U.S. Army had few tanks itself at the beginning of WWII and little experience in countering them.

2023年12月7日 · Introduced in 1940, the Douglas SBD Dauntless was a carrier scout plane and dive bomber that saw service with both the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Using a split flap/dive brake, the Dauntless could perform very steep and accurate dives of up to 70 degrees.

The SBD Dauntless was the most effective U.S. dive bomber of WWII. It sank more Japanese shipping than any other Allied bomber. Navy and Marine SBD squadrons were credited with sinking Japanese carriers in the Battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal.

The Scout Bomber Douglas is the naval scout plane and dive bomber well known for bombing the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Marines nicknamed the plane Slow But Deadly. Being designed as a scout plane, it had good long range capabilities.

The SBD Dauntless (SBD means Scout Bomber Douglas) was a dive bomber made by Douglas Aircraft Company (now Boeing) during World War II. It first flew in 1940 and was introduced the same year. It was made from the Northrop BT. The Dauntless's first bombing in the war happened on December 10, 1941. The target was a Japanese submarine. [1]