The first version of the SBD would enter its service life in the middle of 1939. The BT-2 was then developed from the BT-1 based on modifications that were ordered in November 1937 and were the baseline for the SBD. Just two years later, the company was overtaken by Side view of the SBD-1 Dauntless Dive Bomber.ĭouglas and the existing design work continued under the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. In 1935 the Northrop Corporation began design work on the Northrop BT-1. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics on 1 June 1944.Ĭruise speed: 185 mph (161 knots, 298 km/h)Ģ × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) forward-firing synchronized Browning M2 machine guns in engine cowlingĢ × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) flexible-mounted Browning machine gun in rearīombs: 2,250 lb (1,020 kg) of bombs SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber Development Maximum speed: 255 mph (222 knots, 410 km/h) at 14,000 ft (4,265 m)Ī 3-view drawing of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless published by the U.S.
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Marine Corps, Free French Air Forceĭeveloped from: Northrop BT SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber Specifications Note the extended dive brakes on the trailing edges. SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber General Information 5 Operational Employment of the SBD Dauntless in World War 2.
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