At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily ...

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 ...

ALBANY — C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He decided to go on ...

As the battle intensifies, waves of American torpedo bombers and dive bombers from Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown launch an assault against the heart of the Japanese carrier fleet. Kaga, Akagi, and ...

In December, the United States observed the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, which brought America into World War II. In the coming months, we will remember battles great and small and the sacrifices ...

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 ...

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot ...

A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. The Douglas SBD ...