SBD Dauntless in Detail & Scale

SBD Dauntless in Detail & Scale covers the development, history, and details of one of the few U.S. combat aircraft to serve throughout World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor until VJ Day. This title focuses on specific aircraft details, including cockpit, canopy, fuselage, wings, landing gear, engine and armament, and it also includes chapters on the different aircraft variants, the colors and markings of the SBD, and a modelers section. Book features:

• A developmental history of the Dauntless
• A chapter on Dauntless variants that covers the SBD-1 through SBD-6 Dauntless and the A-24 Banshee
• A Details chapter with over 140 photographs, mostly in color, that cover every aspect of the aircraft, including cockpit, canopy, fuselage, wing, landing gear, tail, engine, offensive armament, and both fixed and flexible gun armament details
• A chapter devoted to the colors and markings used on the SBD Dauntless
• Modelers Section that discusses, reviews, and illustrates scale models of the Dauntless over the past 50+ years
• Line drawings of every Dauntless variant and the A-24 Banshee, illustrations of details from official Navy manuals, plus 17 full color art profiles of the aircraft in a variety of color schemes.