Elsewhere, however, the Lexington and Yorktown set out to intercept enemy threats. The carriers located Shoho and dispatched 53 SBDs, 22 TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bombers and 18 F4F-3s to eliminate it.

A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. The Douglas SBD ...

The A-36 was designed to take on a dive-bomb (and ground-attack) role. Accordingly, it was outfitted with .50-caliber machine guns in the nose and along the wings. Notably, the A-36 was outfitted ...

A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. The Douglas SBD ...

A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber that had been stowed in the hangar deck. NOAA “Previous exploration at Midway investigated ships engaged in the battle; however, the dive on April 20 resulted ...