American pilots soon learned how to avoid the A6M's advantages ... 2600 in the Imperial calendar. D3A Val Dive Bomber. The primary Japanese carrier dive bomber for the first year of the war. While not ...

Midway on June 4, 1942 was a decisive battle of the Pacific War. Lt. Richard Best is in Squadron Six(VB-6) of the USS Enterprise Air flying an SBD Dauntless bomber. The Americans are going up ...

The SBD turned the tide of that campaign by sinking the Imperial Japanese Navy’s (IJN) four aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway ... out as the only WWII bomber with a positive kill ...

“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...