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Pilot made mayday call before water in engine caused fatal crash
A Scots pilot made a mayday call before his private aircraft crashed into a hillside in Fife. Nicholas Denison-Pender, from ...
Defense News5d
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
The National Interest on MSN5d
America’s Dauntless Dive Bomber Saved The Day At Midway
At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved ...
Dark Skies on MSN8d
Douglas SBD Dauntless: Slow, But Deadly – The Silent Assassin of WWII
The Douglas SBD Dauntless may have been slow, but it was a force to be reckoned with. Known for its devastating accuracy and ...
Fatal Scots plane crash days before Christmas caused by water in engine
Pender, 50, from Perthshire, died when his light aircraft crashed soon after taking off near Kinglassie, Fife, two days ...
Air Force Times6d
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Two Zeros then went after an SBD crewed by Leppla and Liska ... Although Shoho launched three more fighters, it could not stop U.S. aircraft from landing as many as 13 bombs and seven torpedo ...