Del Prado Publishing and Osprey Aviation: Aircraft of the Aces: Men & Legends Book #33 SDB Dauntless Units Of World War 2 (2001)

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 a broad wing, with a horizontal centre section and sharply tapered outer panels with dihedral, boasting perforated split flaps that doubled as dive brakes during the steep bombing attacks.
 
This illustrated, detailed volume explores the features of the American aircraft and the action it saw in the Pacific.
 
Soft Cover
64 Pages
In Good Condition