As beautifully as the SBD performed during WWII, its critics point out that it was already obsolescent by the start of the war, and the Navy brass concurred; the Helldiver completely supplanted the ...

The SBD-6 was the last production model, with 450 built. This SBD-6 carries the markings of VS-51 (Navy scout squadron), which operated in the Pacific during World War II. Long Description The Douglas ...

As this reporter argued in an article in The National Interest published on January 23, 2025, the U.S. Navy’s Douglas SBD ...