Known among pilots as the "Widow Maker," the BT-1 was a challenging aircraft to fly. But out of its design flaws came the SBD ...

Midway on June 4, 1942 was a decisive battle of the Pacific War. Lt. Richard Best is in Squadron Six(VB-6) of the USS Enterprise Air flying an SBD Dauntless bomber. The Americans are going up against ...

On a quiet corner of Ford Island, a moment in history is turning heads. The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum is home to all three ...

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

Helldiver aircraft used as dive bombers in World War II were instrumental in the Pacific Theater victories. This newspaper clipping from 1945 confirms the death of Good Thunder Navy pilot Jack Fuller.

Dive Bomber Underwater ... The plane was making a low pass over the dead-calm surface of Lake Mead when it struck the water at 230 miles per hour, ripping off three engines and setting fire to the ...

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.