Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles to the U.S. winning World War II in the Pacific Theater. Research by ...

In June 1942, at the Battle of Midway, Dauntless pilots sunk four Japanese carriers in a single day. Its rugged design and pinpoint accuracy helped turn the tide of the Pacific War. And yet, few ...

In reality, Japanese forces lost one fighter whose pilot ditched. The SBDs, however, were credited with downing a Japanese D3A dive bomber and five B5N torpedo bombers.

The SBD Dauntless, nicknamed “Slow But Deadly” by its pilots, is best remembered for its performance at the Battle of Midway, where the dive bomber was credited with sinking four Japanese ...

But as impressive as the “Slow But Deadly” dive bomber’s collective feats at Midway (and beyond) were, the story becomes more impressive upon learning that one individual Dauntless driver ...

Wiseman was in the first part of the Doolittle Raid on the Japanese mainland (April of 1942), flying his SBD Dauntless dive bomber as a scout plane ahead of the aircraft carriers.

Kleiss was the last surviving Midway dive bomber pilot when he died last year at 100. For his actions at Midway, McClusky was awarded the Navy Cross, one of the U.S. military's highest decorations.

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the days ...

World War II dive bomber Sid Zimman, who lives in Oceanside, turned 100 on Thursday and shared what he calls his “adventures with the Marine Corps” some 80 years ago.Zimman fought the w… ...