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America’s Dauntless Dive Bomber Saved The Day At Midway
At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved ...
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Douglas SBD Dauntless: Slow, But Deadly – The Silent Assassin of WWII
The Douglas SBD Dauntless may have been slow, but it was a force to be reckoned with. Known for its devastating accuracy and ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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A-1 Skyraider: The Air Force’s Last Propellor Plane
Designed to replace airframes that had helped the U.S. achieve victory, like the Douglas SBD Dauntless, Grumman TBF Avenger, and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, the A-1 was a long-range dive/torpedo ...
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CAF Airbase Georgia Warbirds Take to Skies for 2025 Air Shows and Events
Spring is bringing a unique fleet of World War II-era warbirds out of the hangar for a busy 2025 Commemorative Air Force (CAF ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Meanwhile, hard on O’Hare’s heels in Lexington lore was a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless team whose activities seemed just as much devoted to fighters as to dive bombers. John Arthur Leppla was born ...