Unquestionably the most successful dive-bomber ever to see frontline service with any air arm, the Douglas SBD Dauntless was the scourge of the Japanese Imperial Fleet in the crucial years of the Pacific War.
The revolutionary all-metal stressed-skin design of the SBD exhibited airframe strength that made it an ideal dive-bomber, its broad wing, with horizontal centre section and sharply tapered outer panels with dihedral, boasting perforated split flaps that doubled as dive brakes during the steep bombing attacks.
This illustrated, detailed volume explores the features of the American aircraft and the action it saw in the Pacific.
| Published | Nov 20 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 100 |
| ISBN | 9781782007197 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 100 b/w; 40 col |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Short code | COM 10 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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