At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

The South Pacific WWII Museum unravels the story of a Douglas SBD Dauntless recovered in 2023, revealing a tale of wartime ...

The Prowlers of the Pacific airshow team performed at the Thunder Over South Georgia Air Show 2017 on November 9, 2017. The team includes four vintage WWII aircraft: Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (marked ...