SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight back to USS Yorktown after an attack on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 4 May 1942

Caption   SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight back to USS Yorktown after an attack on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 4 May 1942
Source   United States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-20515
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Added By C. Peter Chen

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Visitor Submitted Comments

  1. Dennis Smith says:
    1 Sep 2011 08:46:50 AM

    What an elegant and beautiful looking aircraft the SBD Dauntless was.
  2. Denn says:
    20 Jan 2012 06:00:18 AM

    SBD = Slow But Deadly.

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