The Merit International range presents detailed, ready-made plastic models of military vehicles. В© Copyright 2003-2022 The Flying Mule, Inc. During the Battle of Midway, SBD dive-bomber attacks fatally damaged all four of the Japanese aircraft carriers, and heavily damaged two cruisers. The rear cockpit contained a machine gun and played a major defensive role. The cockpit accommodated the pilot, who doubled as the bombardier and manned a fixed-forward gun. The Dauntless featured 'Swiss cheese' flaps-dive brakes punched with 3-inch holes, which helped it achieve pinpoint accuracy when diving to the target. In October 1942 during the Battle Of Santa Cruz John Leppla was lost while flying an F4F.Дouglas SBD-3 Dauntless First flown in 1938, The Douglas SBD Dauntless was the United States Navy's main dive-bomber during World War II. Mid May 1942 the red and white stripes as well as the red meatballs in the National Insignia were ordered removed. Four were accredited to Leppla and three to Liska. On May 8th and 9th, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea wearing its red and white stripes on the tail the SBD-3 of Ensign John Leppla and ARM3c John Liska managed 7 victories. S-12 was an SBD-3 BuNo 4547 from VS-2 on USS Lexington. USN VS-2, 'White S-12', Leppla/Liska, USS Lexington, Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942 Please see the product description for links to similar items we still have available. We regret this item is no longer available for sale. Merit 88002 - SBD Dauntless Display Model, USN VS-2, 'White S-12', Leppla/Liska

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