Discover the amazing story of Douglas SBD Dauntless 2106—the only plane to survive the attack on Pearl Harbor and return to ...
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 ...
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia Museum held an open house on Saturday in Peachtree City to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The event took ...
This is the story of SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber Gunner Dick Miralles and his incredible trip to fly again in his plane at the Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia. Washington Post editorial says ...
Jose Rodriguez’s P-47 Thunderbolt does a 60 mph low pass over the airstrip. With its heavy armament and extra fuel tanks, the P-47 allowed for extended protection to the bombers flying over Nazi ...
The sounds and sights of WWII will mark Veterans Day and the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia Museum on Saturday, Nov. 8. The final Airbase ...
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About the SBD Dauntless
In this edition of our Countdowns series, we uncover five little-known facts about the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber, the U.S. Navy’s workhorse of the Pacific in World War II. Using the IL-2 Sturmovik: ...
Two Milwaukee-area families – connected by Marine pilot Walter Eck and gunner Irvin Korotki – only recently learned their loved ones served and died together in World War II. More than 80 years later, ...
A "Warbirds Ride Day" will take place Saturday at Ben Epps Airport in Athens. The public can purchase rides on restored World War II-era aircraft from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is sponsored by the ...
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — The engine still rumbled like it did over 80 years ago during the height of World War II. That’s when Corporal Thomas W. Ford flew combat missions as a rear gunner and radio ...
The Commemorative Air Force offers Warbird rides in Fond du Lac during EAA's AirVenture. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt rode in a WWII-era Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, the same type of plane ...
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt had a chance to trace a part of his grandfathers history yesterday at the Fond du Lac County Airport. While chatting with members of the Commemorative Air ...
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