Tag Archives: douglas

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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A-26 Invader Noses

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Douglas A-26 Invader Nose Sections from the Pilot Training Manual for the A-26 Invader, Headquarters, AAF, Office of Flying Safety. Nose Section The A-26 is an extremely versatile airplane. It is designed with two interchangeable nose sections to meet exact … Continue reading →

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The Wheels Struck the Water!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber is forced to ditch after a long-range operation, from Naval Aviation News, Aviation Training Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations and Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Sept. 15, 1944. The wheels struck the water! “Mission … Continue reading →

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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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A-26 Crash Landing Procedure

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for crash landing procedures for the Douglas A-26 Invader from the Pilot Training Manual for the A-26 Invader, Headquarters, AAF, Office of Flying Safety. CRASH LANDING Pilot 1. Call crew. “Prepare for crash landing.” (Have crew acknowledge.) 2. Switch … Continue reading →

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XB-42 Experimental Bomber

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A report on the Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster experimental high-speed bomber from the Air Force magazine Impact, Vol. III, No. 8, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., August 1945. EXPERIMENTAL BOMBER XB-42 is First in 400-Mile-per-Hour … Continue reading →

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