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 ...

SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber. The SBD entered service in 1941 and ... These characteristics caused TBDs to take very heavy losses from Japanese flak and interceptors. At Midway, all the attacking TBDs ...

Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway” by John B. Lundstrom; “Duel: SBD Dauntless vs. A6M Zero-Sen” by Donald Nijboer; and “Stars & Bars: A Tribute to the American Fighter ...