Tag Archives: dive bomber

Helldiver Debut at Rabaul

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Details of the combat debut of the U.S. Navy’s Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber at the Battle of Rabaul from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, February 1944. HELLDIVER The Navy’s New Dive Bomber Makes Debut In Smash at Rabaul The … Continue reading →

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SBD-3 Flying Characteristics

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Basic flying characteristics of the SBD Dauntless from Pilot’s Handbook Model SBD-3, Douglas Aircraft, 1942. Flying Characteristics The model SBD-3 airplane is a single engine, low wing, monoplane, designed for dive bombing or scouting operations from either shore stations or … Continue reading →

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SBD Dauntless Cockpit

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of the Douglas SBD Dauntless cockpit from the Pilot’s Handbook Model SBD-3, Douglas Aircraft, 1942.  

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Loading a Ju 87 Stuka on a Railcar

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagams showng the proper method of loading the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber of a railroad trailer. Source: Ju 87 B-2 Betriebsanleitung, June 1940.

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Ju 87 B-2 Stuka

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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War Record of the SBD

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The story of the SBD Dauntless dive bomber in the Pacific from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), September 1944. War Record of the SBD Dauntless Divebomber, Giving Way to Harder-Hitting Successor, Was Spearhead of Our Attacks … Continue reading →

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