The latter half of 1943 in the Solomons saw US Navy and Marine dive bomber units equipped with the SBD Dauntless engaged in dozens of strikes against Japanese installations on the islands of the archipelago. Flying in company with Avenger torpedo planes, the Dauntlesses struck airfields, harbors and engaged in close support of land battles and amphibious assaults throughout the island chain. As the Americans invaded the last big island in the Solomons, Bougainville, carrier-based squadrons began their campaign to neutralize the center of Japanese air and naval strength in the area, the base complex at Rabaul on the island of New Britain.
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SBD Dauntless Units of World War 2 - Barret Tillman
Douglas SBD Dauntless - Peter C. Smith
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8 июн 2021
