Douglas SBD Dauntless

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World War II military aircraft carrier-based aircraft dive bomber

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a U.S. Navy World War II carrier-based dive bomber best known for its decisive role in sinking Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Douglas SBD Dauntless canonical	9
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber	1
SBD Dauntless	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military aircraft ⓘ carrier-based aircraft ⓘ dive bomber ⓘ
alliedCodename	Banshee (RNZAF informal use) ⓘ
armament	forward-firing 0.50 in machine guns ⓘ rear 0.30 in machine guns ⓘ up to 1600 lb of bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	2 ⓘ
designFeature	dive brakes with perforated flaps ⓘ folding wings for carrier storage ⓘ tailhook for carrier operations ⓘ
emptyWeight	4013 kg ⓘ
engineType	air-cooled radial piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight	1940-05-01 ⓘ
grossWeight	6491 kg ⓘ
height	4.14 m ⓘ
introduced	1940 ⓘ
length	10.09 m ⓘ
manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed	255 kn ⓘ 473 km/h ⓘ
nickname	Dauntless ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
notableFor	sinking four Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway ⓘ
numberBuilt	5936 ⓘ
operator	Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French Air Forces Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
powerplant	1 × Wright R-1820 radial engine ⓘ
predecessor	Northrop X-4 Bantam ⓘ surface form: Northrop BT
primaryUser	United States Navy ⓘ
productionEnd	1944 ⓘ
productionStart	1940 ⓘ
range	1770 km ⓘ
retired	1959 ⓘ
role	dive bomber ⓘ scout bomber ⓘ
serviceBranch	U.S. Marine Corps aviation ⓘ U.S. Navy carrier air groups ⓘ
serviceCeiling	8200 m ⓘ
successor	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
wingspan	12.65 m ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Yorktown (CV-5) → notableAircraftTypes → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

USS Enterprise (CV-6) → aircraftTypeOperated → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

Cactus Air Force → operatedAircraft → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

USS Ranger (CV-4) → notableAircraftOperated → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

Wright R-1820 radial engine → usedOnAircraft → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

subject surface form: Wright R-1820

Dauntless → refersTo → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

Banshee (RNZAF informal use) → refersTo → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver → replaced → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

U.S. Navy carrier air groups → typicalAircraft → Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ

this entity surface form: SBD Dauntless