SBD - Dauntless is a piece of digital artwork by Pat Speirs which was uploaded on February 20th, 2017.
Title
SBD - Dauntless
Artist
Pat Speirs
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art Print
Description
SBD - Douglas Dauntless
The SBD nomenclature stood for Scout Bomber Douglas � but often referred to as slow but deadly. With close 6,000 built the Dauntless played a major role in the Pacific operations being particularly effective as a dive-bomber serving with the US Navy and Marine Corps.
The battle of the Philippine Sea demonstrated the ability of the Dauntless when 215 carrier aircraft were tasked at the limit of their range resulting in a loss of 80 aircraft as they ran out of fuel, and daylight - 26 Dauntless took part and all returned. The image shows a lone Dauntless making for home (carrier) in the last of the tropical light.
Uploaded
February 20th, 2017