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    Anyone have an SBD Parts Manual?

    Looking for an SBD parts manual (dash 4) to help identify several parts from a crash. Thanks! Craig
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    SBD "Smokers"

    I was browsing through Lundstrom's The First Team, Pearl Harbor to Midway, and he he makes brief mention of a strike launched December 7, 1941 by the Enterprise that failed to find the Japanese fleet. This particular strike featured 6 SBDs of VB6 escorting TBDs. The interesting thing is that...
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    Dive bombers armament mismatch

    How come japan dive bomber aichi d3a2 could cary only one 250 kg. It has similar to Douglas SBD Dauntless parameters: 1300 hp engine, weight, other. SBD could cary almost 4 times more bombs. 250 kg was realy not enough to sink capital ships and carriers - kamikadze have similar load and...