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 ...

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.

The P-38 Lightning is one of the most bizarre planes of World War II, thanks to its interesting double-tail configuration.It also sported two Allison V-1710 engines, each making 1,475 horsepower ...

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 ...

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

The SBDs, however, were credited with downing a Japanese D3A dive bomber and five B5N torpedo bombers. Although the Battle of the Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for Japan, the U.S. had ...

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.