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The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944.
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II.Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War.
Only about 25 carrier-launched aircraft models were used extensively for combat operations. Of these, nine were introduced during the war years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought United States into the war, four by the United States Navy (USN) and three by the Royal Navy (RN) and two by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
A TBF-1 dropping a torpedo TBM-3Ds of VT(N)-90 January 1945 Six U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea US Navy TBMs (foreground) and SB2C Helldivers drop bombs on Hakodate in July 1945 A TBM-3R COD plane in the early 1950s TBM-3W TBF Avenger Torpedo ...
3 Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. ... Naval Aircraft Factory SBN: United States: dive bomber: ... Aircraft of World War 2. London: Octopus Books.
List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) List of United States Army aircraft designations (1956–1962) List of United States Tri-Service aircraft designations; List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations; List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States
Pages in category "World War II transport aircraft of the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .