Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless
Item Number: 1003

In two early U.S. Navy engagements of World War 2, the Battles of
the Coral Sea and Midway Island, the carrier based Dauntless
dive bomber played an historic part in blunting the Japanese
offensive that began at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Fulfilling the attack role assigned to it at its conception, the
SBD, operating from the decks of the carriers Lexington,
Yorktown, Wasp, and Enterprise, mortally damaged the main units
of the Japanese carrier fleet and set the stage for the ultimate
Allied victory in the Pacific theatre. Not as well known is its
impressive record for shooting down enemy aircraft when
protecting the U.S. carrier form Japanese air strikes- prowess
not expected of a dive-bomber. At war?s end, the claim was made
that the Dauntless SBD had sunk more enemy combatant tonnage than
all other arms of the service combined.

Wing Span: 31¼"
Scale: 1/16

For Ages 14 and up