Douglas SBD Dauntless je bil ameriški enomotorni palubni strmoglavi bombnik iz 2. Svetovne vojne. Akronim SBD pomeni "Scout Bomber Douglas". Glavni uporabnik je bila Ameriška mornarica, so ga pa uporabljali tudi marinci. SBD je verjetno najbolj znan po bitki pri Midwayu, pri kateri je zadal hude udarce Japonski mornarici. Japonska je izgubila štiri letalonosilke v tej bitki.

SBD je bil eden izmed najboljših strmoglavih bombnikov in tudi odlično izvidniško letalo. Bilj je trdno grajen, imel je dolgi doseg, dobro manevrirnost, velik bombni tovor in obrambno orožje. Imel je uvlačljivo pristajalno podvozje in zavore za pikiranje.

Narčtovanje na Northrop BT-1 se je začelo leta 1935. Leta 1937 je Douglas prevzel Northrop Corporation in s tem tudi njegove projektje. BT-1 se je razvil Northrop BT-2, ki je postal osnova za SBD. Verzija SBD-3 je imela večji oklep, samozalepljive rezervoarje z gorivom in štiri strojnice. SBD-5 je imel 1200 konjski zvezdasti motor in več amunicije.

Specifications (SBD-5)

Glej tudi

Northrop YA-13 Northrop A-17 Northrop BT Aichi D3A "Val" Blackburn Skua Breda Ba.65 Brewster SB2A Buccaneer Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Fairey Barracuda Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Vought SB2U Vindicator Vultee A-31 Vengeance

Sklici in reference

Bibliografija

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Zunanje povezave

Warbird Alley: SBD The SBD Shipborne Dive Bomber Aero-Web.org: SBD-5 Dauntless Boeing history of SBD Dauntless Divebomber Douglas SBD Dauntless onboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum near Charleston, SC "Diving Artillery" , April 1942, Popular Science article on the first U.S. Army A-24 unit, with rare photos of the A-24 SBD-2 Dauntless BuNo 2106 Cockpit Panorama, National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL

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