At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved ...

From Dec. 7, 1941 to April 18, 1942 every American was at a spiritual low. The question on American minds was, "Where’s the next Japanese invasion? Maybe Hawaii or America’s west coast?” American ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was one of the truly great aircraft of World War II. It played a major role throughout the Pacific. On June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, SBDs destroyed four Japanese ...