12/15/2023 0 Comments Dauntless dive bomber shot down![]() The Lexington was sunk by torpedoes from the escort ships that were picking up survivors. He abandon ship at 17:00hrs on May 8th as the USS Lexington CV-2 was racked by huge explosions from and earlier Japanese attack. My Father was the radio /gunner on a SBD and was in VB-2 aboard the USS Lexington CV-2, in the battle of the Coral Sea May 8,1942. If you know any sources, please let me know. I would appreciate any sources to help make my Dauntless as accurate as possible. I'm making a model kit of the Dauntless and am wanting to make the New Zealand variant. He was my first operational commanding officer, VF-84, Oceana NAS. ![]() He was a true hero (Navy Cross, Silver Star, Multiple DFC's) and is recognized as such throughout the Navy as such. I would guess that my copy of the book is the last one he autographed. I had the pleasure of visiting with him about 4 months before he died. You are right, his book is fascinating and I have a copy. He passed away in 2014 in an assisted living facility in North Carolina. As a result, most of the A-24s delivered to the Army were later diverted to the Marine Corps.įor Ben Beekman: Ben I knew Hal Buell and am a great admirer of him. Ironically, the Army's preferred choice for the "Attack" role actually was another Douglas design, the A-20 "Havoc". However, the Army was not enthusiastic about the concept of single-engine dive bombers in the "Attack" role, preferring larger twin-engine, multi-seat light bombers instead. The Army Air Corps ordered a land-based version of the Dauntless called the A-24, some of which were used operationally in the Pacific early during WW-II. Several thousands built.Ģ x 12.7mm machine-guns, 2 x 7.62mm machine-guns, 725kg of bombs Was the most successful american dive bomber during WWII. An improved modification of Northrop BT-1 aircraft.
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