SBD Dauntless
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The SBD Dauntless (SBD means ship-borne dive bomber) was a dive bomber made by Douglas Aircraft Company (now Boeing) during World War II. It first flew in 1940 and was introduced the same year. It was made from the Northrop BT. The Dauntless's first bombed enemy in the war happened on December 10, 1941. It was a Japanese submarine.[1]
In the War, the dauntless was used to take off aircraft carriers and attack enemy ships and submarines. The SBD-5 (5th version) could go 255 miles per hour (410 kilometers per hour), had a Wright R-1820-60 Cyclone air-cooled radial piston engine with 1,200 horsepower. It had 2 12.7 mm and 2 7.62 mm machine guns and could carry 1 bomb or torpedo. It could weigh 6,404 pounds (2,905 kilograms) to 10,699 pounds (4,853 kilograms). It could fly for 1,115 miles (1,795 kilometers) without running out of fuel. It could go to 25,525 feet (7,780 meters) high.[2]
The Dauntless was retired in the late 1940s.
[change] References
- ↑ Douglas SBD Dauntless. Retrieved on 4 June 2008.
- ↑ Douglas SBD Dauntless - World Military Airplanes. Retrieved on 4 June 2008.