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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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America’s Dauntless Dive Bomber Saved The Day At Midway
Nearly 6,000 of the planes were manufactured during the war and served as the U.S. Navy’s primary carrier-based scout/dive bomber from 1940 until mid-1944. The SBD Dauntless, nicknamed “Slow ...
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Massive deployment of US Army B-1 strategic bombers: “Our mission is clear”
The US Air Force has made a move in the Pacific, relocating part of the fleet of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to a US airbase ... our app has it all. Dive into live coverage, expert insights ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Meanwhile, hard on O’Hare’s heels in Lexington lore was a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless team whose activities seemed just as much devoted to fighters as to dive bombers. John Arthur Leppla was born ...