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SBD Dauntless Units of World War 2

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Bombers

MSRP old price: $22.95


Product Info

Title
SBD Dauntless Units of World War 2
Publisher
Category
Author
Barret Tillman
Publish Year
1998
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x10x.5"
NKG Part #
2148088784
Type
Hardcover
Series
COM10

Description

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.