Walk around a Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber at the USS Midway museum. #ww2 #aviation | World War II Aircraft

5.8K views · 63 reactions | Douglas SBD Dauntless  #Douglas #Dauntless #USNavy #bomber #bombers #divebomber | World War II in the Philippines | Facebook

The Douglas SBD Dauntless took its #firstflight on May 1, 1940. The aircraft then went on to play a starring role in the war in the Pacific during WWII. The diving Dauntless saw action at Pearl Harbor – flying from the USS Enterprise, but are best known as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to Japanese carrier at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. In total, the Dauntless sank more enemy ships than any other Allied bomber, destroying 18 enemy warships, including a battleship and six carrie

A brief SBD-1 Restoration update! #restoration #Aviation | Air Zoo

For Bryan Lynch and his family, the SBD-1 restoration will help bring closure to a decades-old family tragedy. | Air Zoo

28K views · 999 reactions | We checked in with our Douglas SBD Dauntless restoration team to see the progress on the only remaining SBD-1 in the world. #restoration #aviation | Air Zoo | Facebook

20K views · 1.3K reactions | Here's a very brief "teaser" clip of an...