![]() ![]() It features the oval rectangular snorkel inlet featuring a thermally regulated valve, longer pre-heater inlet provision, and new white striped and black vacuum lines. This assembly has been refinished to represent the factory OEM appearance as produced for the 70-71 models. Records suggested that the explosion destroyed the SBDs stored onboard, which may explain why the Navy struck the SBD from its inventory at the time. One account argues that a recordkeeping error referred to a crash and described the SBD at rest on the sea floor.OEM 1970-71 AMC "Jeep Dauntless V6" Air Cleaner. Battles which occurred during the SBD’s carrier stay in the South Pacific include the Salamaua-Lae campaign (March 8-13, 1942), Invasion of Tulagai (May 4, 1942), and the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 7-8, 1942)-the first aircraft carrier battle. During Coral Sea, a Japanese bomb to the flight deck caused an explosion that killed crewmen and damaged the USS Yorktown five decks deep. By mid-February, the SBD boarded the USS Yorktown (CV-5) alongside eight other SBDs and 20 F4F Wildcats shipped from Pearl Harbor to the South Pacific.īy early March of 1942, stowed on the USS Yorktown, the SBD stood ready for use as a reconnaissance aircraft. Ready to fly and collect photographic data, the aircraft returned to Pearl Harbor’s Battle Force on the first week of 1942. The 2P suffix made the aircraft a photoreconnaissance version. At that time, the SBD underwent a transformation to become one of only 14 SBD-2P variants. On July 11, 1941, Pearl Harbor’s Battle Force received the SBD and a month later, returned the aircraft to San Diego for repair. Placed in storage on the hanger deck, the damaged SBD awaited repair as the Enterprise moved forward to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The accident caused an undercarriage collapse, bent flaps, and wing damage. The SBD’s nose smashed into the carrier deck. By April Fools Day, the SBD took on its first assignment with VS-6 (Scouting 6) on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). Time aboard the Enterprise proved brief due to the SBD facing damage almost as soon as it arrived. On March 28, 1941, San Diego received the SBD into its Battle Force aircraft pool. The factory equipped the SBD with a Wright R-1820-32 9 cylinder air-cooled radial engine, which produced 1000 horsepower. Douglas completed this aircraft in the spring of 1941 under contract number 65969. At the time, production costs for an SBD ran about $38,000. History Infoīefore the Air Zoo: The SBD’s Military Journeyīefore its Air Zoo era, the Douglas SBD-2P bureau number 2173 met myriad experiences. Now on display at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, this SBD underwent a full restoration by our skilled Restoration Department and through the community involvement of Air Zoo visitors and students of all ages, who are welcomed to sand, rivet, and clean this special aircraft. Before its 2009 recovery-championed by Fred Turner, Chairman of the Board of McDonald’s-the SBD spent 65 years on the floor of Lake Michigan. ![]() John Lendo (1919-1944) made an emergency landing after losing engine power and crashed into the icy lake. Lendo survived the crash. This SBD-2P Dauntless dive bomber #2173 began its journey in 1941 and served in the Pacific before joining the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) fleet at Glenview, IL. Aboard Lake Michigan training carriers Wolverine and Sable, the SBD aided in teaching pilots how to land on a carrier in motion for nine accident-free months. Launchpad Video if available Previously on display at the Air Zoo: Douglas Dauntless SBD-2P The SBD-designed by John Northrop and Ed Heinemann-commonly carried heavy armaments for dive bombing attacks, but the 2P version achieved higher speeds equipped with cameras instead of ordnance. Navy’s premiere aircraft. The SBD-2P may be described as a rare bird, for during the war, Douglas Aircraft built only 14 models of this variant to serve as reconnaissance aircraft. NOW Located at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museumįollowing the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as America entered World War II, the Douglas’ SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber served as one of the U.S. Previously on Loan from National Naval Aviation Museum Quick Facts Douglas Dauntless SBD-2P From Watery Grave to History Saved WWII Science Innovation Hall of Fame Awards (SIHOF).Daughters of the Sky: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII.Planes, Principles, & Positivity: Remembering Pete Parish.WWII Era Aircraft | Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum | Kalamazoo, MI ![]()
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