SBD Dauntless | World War Photos

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: SBD-5 Dauntless flying over USS Enterprise (CV-6) enroute to Emirau 1944

: SBD Dauntless of the VB-6 crashes on USS Enterprise 1942

: SBD-2 white 6 BuNo 2106 at Midway in June 1942

: SBD code B-11 during Battle of Midway

: SBD-2 Dauntless white 6 BuNo 2106 at Midway with over 200 holes in it

: SBD-5 white 10, 15, 25 of the VB-9 USS Essex during raid on Tarawa 1943

: SBD-5s white 21, 8 of the VB-10 pass over USS Enterprise prior to recovery aboard the carrier following strikes against Palau

: SBD-3 at Safi Morocco during Operation Torch in November 1942

: SBDs S12, S11 scout bombers en route to Rekata Bay

: SBD-5 from VB-10 fly in formation near their carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1944

: SBD-5 from USS Lexington (CV-16) flies over inavsion craft off Saipan

: SBD 1943

: SBD May 6, 1942

: SBD Dauntless landing on aircraft carrier during Battle of Midway

: SBD on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) – April 1942

: SBD Dauntless on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in late 1941

: USMC pilot Charles Fink of VMSB-244 after 55th combat mission

: Damaged SBD-3 white 15 of the VMSB-132, February 1943

: SBD Dauntless of the VB-41 on the flight deck of USS Ranger (CV-4)

: Capt. John F. Adams of VMSB-231 on the wing of his SBD, color photo

: USAAC ground crew talking to pilot on a A-24, October 1941

: SBD crash lands on deck of US carrier

: SBD-3 B15 of VB-6 aboard USS Enterprise

: SBD lands on USS Lexington (CV-16) during the Marshalls and Gilberts Operation in November 1943

: SBD Dauntless over Segi Point New Georgia

: Crashed SBD 1943

: SBD prepares to takeoff from aircraft carrier USS Santee (CVE-29)

: Lt. James K. Brothers of VB-9 inspects damage to his SBD-5 after returning safely to the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) following raid on Tarawa 1943

: SBD-4 Dauntless in flight on March 6, 1943

: SBD-3 B15 of the VB-6 unable to reach the carrier USS Enterprise on the deck of Yorktown CV-5

: RNZAF SBD-5 Dauntless NZ5049 on Rabaul Mission 1944

: Crewmen aid SBD landing on carrier

: Marine SBD white 182 and 178 over Rabaul April 1944

: Victory marking being added under the windscreen of SBD-3 Dauntless aboard USS Wasp, 28 August 1942

: A-24A Banshee #2110 pulling target for AA practice at Camp Davis 2

: Marine SBD white 105 in Solomon Islands 1943

: SBD black 15 and sailors duck walk for exercise aboard carrier

: SBD Dauntless coded R38 during training – color photo

: SBD R32 during training – color photo

: SBD of VB-4 landing on aircraft carrier USS Ranger 1942

: SBD-3 aboard USS Ranger (CV-4) during Operation Torch

: Marine radio gunner Richard Payne by SBD ’43

: SBD-3 Dauntless of VB-3 ditching near USS Astoria, Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942

: SBD on anti submarine patrol over Pacific ’42

: SBD Dauntless of VB-6 USS Enterprise during Marcus Island raid, 4 March 1942

: Marines sleeping under wings of SBD on Bougainville

: SBD from VS-5 USS Yorktown during Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942

: SBD-5 Dauntless aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) November 1943

: SBD-5 white 9 prepare to take off from aircraft carrier

: SBD Dauntless on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 3 May 1942

: A-24 Banshee August 1941

: Loading a 1000 pound GP bomb on a SBD-5

: SBD Dauntless on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier – Gilbert Islands Campaign 1943

: A-24B Banshee serial 42-54459 of the 531st FBS, Makin atoll

: SBD gunner John Liska

: SBD, F6F and TBF on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier 1943 – color photo

: SBD-5 Dauntless of the VB-16 on USS Lexington (CV-16), September 1943

: SBD-5 of the VS-37 over Atlantic

: A-24 Banshee and Jeep, 1941

: A-24A Banshee 42-60881 pulling target for AA practice at Camp Davis

: SBD 41-S-3 of VS-41 USS Ranger , during Operation Torch 1942

: Factory new SBD-5 July 1943

: Bombers on the flight deck, during operations in the Coral Sea

: SBD Dauntless #16 aboard USS Ranger during operation Torch

: SBD-3 ground crew loading 12,7 mm ammo

: SBD-5 white 6 and 18, Palau Islands March 1944

: SBD on flightdeck of USS Hornet, July 1942

: SBD-5 from VB-16 off the carrier Lexington CV-16 fly low over Japanese installations on Param Island Truk Atoll on April 29 1944

: Formation of SBD in flight on 9 November 1942

: SBD Dauntless during flight operations on the light carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), 21 June 1943

: SBD-5 of the VB-10 (USS Enterprise) during a mission against Palau March 1944

: SBD Dauntless black 22-C-19 of VC-22 aboard USS Independence (CVL-22), 30 April 1943

: Dive bombers overhead Eniwetok Atoll during combat operations in February 1944

: SBD-3 Dauntless of the VGS-29 on the forward part of the flight deck of the carrier USS Santee (ACV-29) on December 27, 1942

: SBD-3 41-S-16 of the VS-41 traps on board the carrier USS Ranger (CV-4), 15 October 1942

: Marine SBD Dauntless taxi on the runway at Bougainville 1944

: SBD-5 white 2 of the VB-5 makes a belly landing on the flight deck of the carrier Yorktown (CV-10) after strike against Truk Atoll on February 22, 1944

: SBD-4 Dauntless assembly line at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at El Segundo February 4 1943

: SBD black 22-C-17 of VC-22 aboard USS Independence (CVL-22), 30 April 1943

: SBD-5 Dauntless of the VMSB-231 at Majuro prior to launching for an attack against Japanese installations on Mille Atoll in 22 August 1944

: SBD formation during a training flight in December 1943

: Douglas SBD Dauntless in flight over an escort carrier during Operation Torch

: SBD-5 M23 makes a low pass over the flight deck of the carrier Lexington CV-16 to make a message drop on April 16, 1944

: SBD-5 Dauntless of the VC-40 at Piva Uncle Airstrip Torokina prior to taking off on strike against Talili Bay Rabaul on 6 April 1944

: Ordnancemen load a bomb onto an SBD Dauntless of the VS-6 on board the carrier USS Enterprise invasions of Guadalcanal and Tulagi on August 7, 1942

: SBD of the VS-6 in flight 17 October 1941

: SBD of VS-5 USS Enterprise taking-off for an early morning attack against Tulagi 7 August 1942

: SBD-5 Dauntless white 14 of the VMSB-231

: SBD-4 white 10 of the VS-64 over New Georgia – 27 December 1943

: SBD and A-24 Banshee at the Douglas Aircraft Companys El Segundo plant on March 16, 1943

: SBD-5 Dauntless of the VB-16 flies an antisubmarine patrol low over the USS Washington (BB-56) en route to the invasion of the Gilbert Islands on November 12, 1943

: SBD of the Air Group 12 (USS Saratoga) during attack on Rabaul 5 November 1943

: SBD-4 of the VB-41 and 42 on board the carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) during operations in the Atlantic

: SBD-5 Dauntless of VB-16 flies over ships of the invasion force to strike Japanese installations ashore on D-Day for the invasion of Saipan on June 15, 1944

: SBD and TBF from USS Cabot CVL-28 in flight on 2 October 1943

: Strike photograph taken from an SBD – Tenamgogo Island, Gavutu Island is in the background and Florida Islands is in the distance. 4 August 1942

: SBD-5 Dauntless of VB-16 ready for launch on the flight deck of the carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) invasion of Saipan 15 June 1944

: Marine SBD white 301 over Luzon Philippines

: Marine SBD-5 during bombing mission against Japanese targets on Rabaul 22 April 1944

: Marine SBD Dauntless white 106 leaves Henderson Field on Guadalcanal for Munda raid

: SBD-2 code 6-S-14 of the VS-6 over USS Enterprise – 1941

: SBD-4 Dauntless in flight

: SBD-3 of the VB-6 aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 during Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942

: War weary SBD Dauntless of VMSB-233 in the boneyard at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal

: Brand new SBD-3 Dauntless ready for delivery – MArch 1942

: SBD-3 of VB-5 aboard USS Yorktown, North Atlantic

: SBD-3 Dauntless of the VB-6 during Wake Island Raid, 24 February 1942 2

: Marine SBD leave Henderson Field for raid on Kolombangara 1943

: British Dauntless Mk I serial JS997

: Dive bomber SBD-3 white 38

: SBD of VB-10 over USS Enterprise Enroute to Palau Raid 1944

: SBD-5 white 36 of the VB-10 March 1944

: SBD-5 white 5 over Turtle Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu February 1944

: Former college football star Lt Robert Barnett in gunner’s Seat of SBD – 1944

: SBD-5 Dauntless White 119 named “Push Push” of VMSB-144, flown by Major Frank E, Hollar, supporting the landings at Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville

: Major Harry William Reed and Major John Stanley Flickinger commanding and executive officers of VMSB-244, studying a map before takeoff, 1944

: SBD-3 Dauntless with dive flaps extended

: SBD of the VB-10 from USS Enterprise enroute to Emirau

: Marine SBD-1 coded 1-MB-1 of the VMB-1 assigned Io the Commanding Officer. El Segundo. 1940

: SBD-3 on flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-2) 1942

: Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless

SBD Dauntless was a World War II American naval dive bomber and scout plane that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company.

Specifications

variant	SBD-1	SBD-2
crew	2	2
wingspan (m)	12,66	12,66
lenght (m)	9,8	9,80
height (m)	4,14	4,14
wing area (m2)	30,19	30,19
empty weight (kg)	2690	2564
gross weight (kg)	3444	3920
max take-off weight (kg)	4445	4699
wing loading (kg/m²)		129,8
engine	Wright R-1820-32 1000hp at 2350 rpm, 950 hp at 1525 m	Wright R-1820-32 1000hp
propeller
fuel (l)	795	1173
engine oil (l)	58,5	58,5
max speed (km/h)	407	412 at 4875 m
cruising speed (km/h)	228	238
ceiling (m)	9022	8310
range (km)	1384 – 1875	1970 – 2220
rate of climb	8,8 m/s	5,5 m/s
bombs (kg)	1×454 + 2×45	1×454 + 2×45
armament	2×12,7 mm (720 rounds), 1×7,62 mm (600 rounds)	1×12,7 mm, 1×7,62 mm
US Navy serials	1596-1631; 1735-1755	2102 – 2188

variant	SBD-3	SBD-4
crew	2	2
wingspan (m)	12,66	12,66
lenght (m)	9,96	9,96
height (m)	4,14	4,14
wing area (m2)	30,19	30,19
empty weight (kg)	2803	2885
gross weight (kg)
max take-off weight (kg)	4717	4717
wing loading (kg/m²)
engine	Wright R-1820-52 1000hp	Wright R-1820-52 1000hp
propeller		Hamilton Standard Hydromatic, 3-bladed 3,3 m
fuel (l)	946	946
engine oil (l)	58,5	58,5
max speed (km/h)	402	402
cruising speed (km/h)	245	245
ceiling (m)	8260	8260
range (km)	2165	2165
rate of climb	6 m/s	6 m/s
bombs (kg)	1×454 + 2×45	1×454 + 2×45
armament	2×12,7 mm, 2×7,62 mm (2000 rounds)	2×12,7 mm, 2×7,62 mm
US Navy serials	4518 – 4691; 03185-03384; 06492-06701; 2109	06702-06991; 10317-10806
USAAF serials	SBD-3A (A-24-DE): 41-15746 – 41-15823; 42-6682 – 42-6771	SBD-4A (A-24A): 42-6772 – 42-6831; 42-60772 – 42-60881
RNZAF	NZ5001-5018	NZ5019-5045

variant	SBD-5	SBD-6
crew	2	2
wingspan (m)	12,66	12,66
lenght (m)	10,06	10,06
height (m)	4,14	4,14
wing area (m2)	30,19	30,19
empty weight (kg)	2905	2973
gross weight (kg)	4245	4293
max take-off weight (kg)	4853	4937
wing loading (kg/m²)	140,6	142,2
engine	Wright R-1820-60 1200hp	Wright R-1820-66 1350hp at 0 m at 2700 rpm, 1100 hp at 3500 m
propeller	Hamilton Standard Hydromatic, 3-bladed 3,3 m	Hamilton Standard Hydromatic, 3-bladed 3,3 m
fuel (l)	946 + 2×219	1075
engine oil (l)	58,5	58,5
max speed (km/h)	406 at 4265 m	422 at 5640 m
cruising speed (km/h)	298	298
ceiling (m)	7780	7780
range (km)	1795 – 2520	1980 – 2735
rate of climb	8,6 m/s	8,6 m/s
bombs (kg)	1×454 or 716 + 2×147	1×454 or 716 + 2×147
armament	2×12,7 mm, 2×7,62 mm	2×12,7 mm, 2×7,62 mm
US Navy serials	10807-11066; 28059-28829; 28831-29213; 35922-35949; 35951-36421; 36433-36932; 54050-54599	54600-55049
USAAF serials	42-60882 – 42-60941 transferred to USMC as SBD-5A 09693 – 09752
RNZAF	NZ5046-5068
RAF	JS997-999; JT923-928

variant	A-24B
crew	2
wingspan (m)	12,66
lenght (m)	10,06
height (m)	4,14
wing area (m2)	30,19
empty weight (kg)	2871
gross weight (kg)
max take-off weight (kg)	4850
wing loading (kg/m²)
engine	Wright R-1820-60 1200hp
propeller	Hamilton Standard Hydromatic, 3-bladed 3,3 m
fuel (l)
engine oil (l)	58,5
max speed (km/h)	410
cruising speed (km/h)	298
ceiling (m)	7780
range (km)	2520
rate of climb	8,6 m/s
bombs (kg)	1×454 or 716 + 2×147
armament	2×12,7 mm, 2×7,62 mm
USAAF serials	42-54285 – 42-54899

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