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🗓️ 8 May 2025
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Few aircraft earn the battle-tested distinction of singularly turning the tide of entire theaters of world wars. The SBD Dauntless may just be one of them.
On this episode, Robert Harris, member of the Commemorative Air Force, and author Kevin Miller provide a tag team review of this venerable aircraft, from its pivotal role in World War ll in the Pacific to flying one of the few remaining airworthy examples remaining 80+ years later.
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1:09.1 | You can't argue with the history. It's not as sexy as a p51 or of course there |
1:13.8 | because everybody kind of tends to lean towards the fighters but from bombers it's you know an |
1:18.4 | spd and a b17 those probably are the top two that I would put on my list you know we can have |
1:24.5 | great arguments someone with us and what was the best I think our greatest, the day from which all days followed is June 4th, 1942, |
1:32.5 | and it was the SBD Dollis that carried the day. |
1:34.9 | There is no other American bomb hits other than that airplane. |
1:39.9 | Samlock, Markland at $400,000. Oh, $500,000. Oh, $5.1. |
1:45.0 | Another Sampo. |
1:47.0 | Same one. |
1:48.0 | Roger that. |
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