![]() ![]() Judge Dredd™, Sláine™, STRONTIUM DOG™ Rebellion A/S, ©Rebellion A/S, All rights reserved. 2000AD® 2000AD is a registered trade mark ® and © Rebellion A/S All rights reserved. K-9 image © BBC/Bob Baker/Dave Martin 1977. Cyberman image © BBC/Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis 1966. BBC, DOCTOR WHO (word marks, logos and devices), TARDIS, DALEKS, CYBERMAN and K-9 (word marks and devices) are trade marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence. Warlord Games, Bolt Action, Pike & Shotte, Hail Caesar, Cruel Seas, Black Powder, Black Powder Epic Battles, Black Seas, Warlords of Erehwon, Blood Red Skies, SPQR, Beyond the Gates of Antares, Gates of Antares, Algoryn, Boromite, Lavamite, Isorian Shard, Concord, Ghar, NuHu and Freeborn are either ® or ™, and/or © Warlord Games Limited, variably registered around the world. * Free Shipping may not apply to all products. * Warlord Medals not available until approved. The Douglas SBD Dauntless was sturdy enough for pilots to dive at a near-vertical 80 degrees. Models supplied unassembled and unpainted ![]() 2 x Aircraft Trait Cards (1 x Sluggish, 1 x Laden).2 x Aircraft Cards (Dauntless, Devastator).The aircraft was withdrawn from service shortly after Midway – replaced by the Grumman TBF Avenger. At Midway, 41 Devastators recorded zero torpedo hits and only six returned to their carriers, their only arguable success being the distraction of the enemy Zeros from the Dauntless Dive Bombers. However, with rapidly evolving technology it was already outdated by the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The TBD Devastator entered service in 1937 and enjoyed a brief tenure as the most advanced flying aircraft for any navy in the world. Despite this performance, the type was phased out before war’s end, though it had only entered service in 1940. Despite relatively poor manoeuvrability and only adequate performance, it was this aircraft that crippled all four of the Japanese carriers in the theatre-defining Battle of Midway. The importance of the Douglas SBD Dauntless’ performance over the course of the war cannot be overstated. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless, on the flight deck of a training escort carrier, mid-1943.Hose man, swab man, and fire extinguisher (CO2) man. At Midway, Dauntless aircraft crippled all four of the Japanese carriers. ![]() At the Battle of Midway the US Navy relied on two aircraft: the SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber and TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber. ![]()
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