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America’s Dauntless Dive Bomber Saved The Day At Midway
At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved ...
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Douglas SBD Dauntless: Slow, But Deadly – The Silent Assassin of WWII
The Douglas SBD Dauntless may have been slow, but it was a force to be reckoned with. Known for its devastating accuracy and ...
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
‘They don’t make them like Billy anymore’: Veteran who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam remembered
Billy Hall enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 15 in 1941, four months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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CAF Airbase Georgia Warbirds Take to Skies for 2025 Air Shows and Events
Spring is bringing a unique fleet of World War II-era warbirds out of the hangar for a busy 2025 Commemorative Air Force (CAF ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Meanwhile, hard on O’Hare’s heels in Lexington lore was a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless team whose activities seemed just as much devoted to fighters as to dive bombers. John Arthur Leppla was born ...