Dauntless for Artroland by Buffalo1

Photography • Military • posted on Nov 19, 2006

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Here's a great view of the CAF's SBD-5, Douglas Dauntless dive bomber. It was originally built as a USAAF A-24B, the Army's twin brother of the SBD-5. CAF has restored it to Navy specs, so take your pick on what it really is. To add to the confusion, this older photo shows it painted as an SBD-3 at the Battle of the Coral Sea. It's currently painted in 1944 colors. My dedi is for artroland and his grandpa. Check out his wonderful rendering of a flight of SBDs in "When Grandpa Had Wings" on the first page of his gallery. (Sorry. I'm not smart enough about computers to set up a connection.)Roland has a number of very nice female images in his gallery, too!

Comments (11)

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erlandpil

5:33PM | Sun, 19 November 2006

From the old time,berynice erland

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artroland

5:56PM | Sun, 19 November 2006

WOW. Thank you for this dedication. My grandpa would have been proud. Very proud. Thank you!

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chuter

6:34PM | Sun, 19 November 2006

Yay -- SpeedyDee -- . . . nice pic good airplane.

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jocko500

6:42PM | Sun, 19 November 2006

help win the war. very good pov

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tallpindo

5:28AM | Mon, 20 November 2006

Reading how these and the TBD's were withdrawn from the mission and how TBM's are not Martin is a pause in the war that allows the battleships like the Iowa class to return. I guess that is why the Sea Control Ship (SCS)and surface warfare made it's way back into the spotlight in the days of Z-grams and beer in the barracks. A truck driver who restored a 1926 T roadster pickup was my introduction to those who manned the twin 40's and quad 20's in WW-II. The "Cherry Blossums" were coming in!! Java was the breaking point. Refuelling the cruisers to always be topped off set up the Battle of the Coral Sea. I have been playing CS3 with my Phys-X board and the Tempests really have it tough going after shipping in the channel when their bombs won't drop and they only have cannon and rockets close-in and low. I really want to try that skip bombing and drop one down a stack!! The AAA and AAW is like hornets!!

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PositivelyCreative

1:43AM | Tue, 21 November 2006

Looking at this image makes me wonder why i've never been to an airshow. If I get to see historical planes like this one I want to go! Excellent photography, very nice dedication as well.

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