"DOUGLAS SBD-5 DAUNTLESS" Topic
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| LeftHook | 02 Mar 2021 12:16 p.m. PST |
Virginia Based Military Aviation Museum has pulled a Dauntless Dive Bomber from the floor of Lake Michigan and plans to restore it. I have covered my visit to see the aircrafts remains here. Interesting story: link
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Tango01  | 02 Mar 2021 12:25 p.m. PST |
Quite interesting my friend… still remember the start of the restoration… link
and the welcome…
link link Love this pic… link
Armand
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| LeftHook | 02 Mar 2021 12:50 p.m. PST |
Nice. That last pic will be great to look at and compare when they have this flying again. |
| Tango01 | 02 Mar 2021 3:04 p.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 02 Mar 2021 6:29 p.m. PST |
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 gamertom | 02 Mar 2021 8:14 p.m. PST |
There have been many aircraft recovered from the Great Lakes. This article describes the one which is now hanging in the A Concourse of Midway Airport in Chicago:
link I traveled through Midway several times between 2012-15 and would stop to study this aircraft when I had the time. Ironically I never took a picture of it before I retired and moved to Florida. Google Images have many pictures of it. There's also a F4F at O'Hare Airport that I unfortunately never had an opportunity to see. |
| Raynman | 02 Mar 2021 9:00 p.m. PST |
I love that plane! I don't know why, I just do! |
| Shagnasty | 03 Mar 2021 7:55 a.m. PST |
It was the plane that turned the tide in the Pacific. |
| HMS Exeter | 03 Mar 2021 10:55 a.m. PST |
@Raynman As they say, "if it looks right, it is right." |
 Herkybird | 05 Mar 2021 4:30 p.m. PST |
Good to see it back up, I imagine 'Dive Bomber' didn't quite mean in water! I am glad the crew escaped ok! |
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