often regarded as one of the most challenging dive bombers ever produced. Despite its troubled history, this aircraft played a pivotal role in the Navy's final years of WWII. Join us as we dive ...

In 1934, the United States Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier borne scout bomber that could double as a dive bomber. The specification accepted entries for both monoplane and biplane ...

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and declared Missing in Action. Sections Pay & Benefits Flashpoints Pentagon ...

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 ... Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee ...

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 ... both of us and believe ...