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A Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 dive bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-5 from USS Yorktown. The Dauntless first saw USN service in 1940, and was considered by some aviation experts as the best dive bomber in the world. Armed with two wing-mounted fifty caliber machine guns and two flexible thirty caliber machine guns in the rear cockpit, they brought down a number of Japanese Zeros. They could carry up to 2,250 pounds of bombs. U.S. Navy photo

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current18:18, 14 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 18:18, 14 October 2015800 × 590 (41 KB)Davidboslaugh (talk | contribs)A Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 dive bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-5 from USS Yorktown. The Dauntless first saw USN service in 1940, and was considered by some aviation experts as the best dive bomber in the world. Armed with two wing-mounted fifty caliber m...