A picture sez a thousand words?

[m10bob]

Looking for SBD wing bomb referances which can be verifiable.[:)]





Nice SBD site by vets.(Note wing bomb racks also)

http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home ... ar_II.html


This is from the National Space and Air Museum:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/ai ... as_sbd.htm

(Note the mention of wigracks or drop tanks for the wing mounts.)


One of those websites some folks don't like to use :

http://www.warbirdalley.com/sbd.htm


another 'website", that of BOEING aircraft:

http://www.boeing.com/history/mdc/dauntless.htm

Note the bombload of over 2000 lbs, which is certainly greater than the single 1000 lb on that trapeze-sling..

[wdolson]

That's an SBD-5.  Also note the yagi radar antennas under the wings.  Virtually all US carrier bombers and Marine Corps singel engine bombers carried those by mid 1944.  I have yet to see a picture of an SBD-5 in a combat unit without those antennas.

That plane is from VMSB-231 BTW.

Bill

[JeffroK]

With Photoshop you can edit anything!!!
 
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