Airplane Model*Hobby Master HA0176 1:72 Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless – Miniature Marvels: Airplane Models & Painted Dice

HA0176 Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless flown by CDR Howard Young, Cdr of the Enterprise Air Group, 1942

Designed as a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, various versions of the Dauntless served during WWII with the US Marine Corps, Army and Navy. The Douglas Dauntless was the workhorse of the US Navy in the Pacific. The Dauntless dive-bomber was the only plane to fight in every major Pacific engagement and because of the battles and the courage of the men that flew them, this plane became one of the most successful designs of WWII with 5,936 having been built in all versions.