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.

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A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. The Douglas SBD ...

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An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in a fierce battle a ... More than 200 US servicemen went down with the USS ... before being attacked by 26 carrier-dive bombers, ...

A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber that had been stowed in the hangar deck. NOAA “Previous exploration at Midway investigated ships engaged in the battle; however, the dive on April 20 resulted ...

A SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber of the type made famous during World War II will visit Burke Lakefront Airport for rides and tours, Wednesday through Saturday.

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Elsewhere, however, the Lexington and Yorktown set out to intercept enemy threats. The carriers located Shoho and dispatched 53 SBDs, 22 TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers and 18 F4F-3s to eliminate it.

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.