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DOUGLAS SBD-1 DAUNTLESS
1940
 
SCOUT BOMBER/DIVE-BOMBER
 
     
SBD DAUNTLESS FAMILY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SBD DAUNTLESS CONTEMPORARIES
 
 
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DATA
 
 
DOUGLAS SBD-1 DAUNTLESS
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 SCOUT BOMBER/DIVE BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY
FIRST FLIGHT :
 MAY 1, 1940
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1940
NUMBER BUILT :
 57
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 41 ft 6 in
LENGTH :
 32 ft 2 in
HEIGHT :
 13 ft 7 in
WING AREA :
 325 sq. ft.
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 5,903 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 8,138 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 9,790
POWER PLANT :
 One Wright R-1820-32 Cyclone Nine-Cylinder Air-Cooled
 
 Super Charged Radial Engine Rated @ 1000 hp @ Takeoff
ARMAMENT :
 2 x .30 in Fixed Machine Guns in Nose
 
 1 x .30 in. Flexible Rear-Firing Machine Gun
BOMB LOAD :
 1,600 lbs Center Rack, 2 x 100 lb Bombs
 
 or 2 x 325 lbs Depth Charges on Wing Racks
CREW :
 2 - Pilot and Rear Gunner
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 70.5 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 142 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 253 mph @ 16,000 ft, 232 mph @ Sea Level
CLIMB RATE :
 1,730 ft/min
RANGE :
 860 miles w/ 1000 lb Bomb, 985 miles as Scout, 1165 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 29,600 ft
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
 
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Stern, Rob. SBD Dauntless In Action - Aircraft Number 64. Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. 1984. ISBN 0-89747-153-9.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

 
 
     
 
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