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 ...

Aviation Radioman 1st Class Dave Cawley sat in the rear seat of his SBD Dauntless dive bomber aboard the USS Enterprise on the morning of Feb. 17, 1944, preparing for the most dangerous mission of his ...

In 1934 the Bureau of Aeronautics held a design competition for a new generation of carrier aircraft. The Navy wished to replace its four main types - fighter, scout-bomber, torpedo bomber, and dive ...

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 ...