On May 7, 1942, Shokaku’s and Zuikaku’s D3A1 dive bombers sank the U.S. destroyer Sims and so badly damaged the fleet tanker Neosho that it was scuttled a few days later.

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 Douglas Dauntless dive bomber sank more enemy ships than any other Allied bomber, and is best remembered as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to Japanese carriers at the Battle of ...

And deadly it was. In early June of 1942, at the Battle of Midway, Dauntless bombers flying off American aircraft carriers wrecked four Japanese carriers and a cruiser.

The Japanese stubbornly clung to one part of the island, while Marines, Navy Seabees and Army troops on Guadalcanal kept open a dirt runway that could support Dauntless dive bombers, Grumman F4F ...

Griffin thought that the lake`s freshwater had been kind to the Dauntless, which was a clunky but reliable and beloved bomber. ”It`s in good condition for what`s left of it,” he said.

-- A rare, combat-flown World War II U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2P "Dauntless" Dive Bomber recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan arrived Friday at Air Zoo, where it will be restored.

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber fell to the seafloor trapped inside the USS Yorktown, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of Midway.

Dr. Arthur Lendo has donated more than $100,000 to restore the SBD-2P “Dauntless” Dive Bomber in his uncle’s honor. “The story of this airplane and its pilot deserve […] ...

SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber after it was recovered from Lake Michigan. (Courtesy of the Air Zoo) The Navy kept the plane for restoration in Pensacola, Florida for almost 10 years before sending it ...

World War II dive bomber Sid Zimman, who lives in Oceanside, turned 100 on Thursday and shared what he calls his “adventures with the Marine Corps” some 80 years ago. Zimman fought the war in ...