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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Research to confirm the planes is ongoing. During the dive on April 19, the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition team was able to confirm an aircraft wing imaged during a 2023 expedition ...

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.