WWII SBD Dauntless Navy Dive Bomber Wood Model Airplane
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Item up for bid is a model of the WWII Douglas Dauntless Navy Dive Bomber. The model is hand carved from solid mahogany and completely hand painted in WWII Navy colors. It has excellent detail including a 500 lb bomb under the wing. Wingspan is about 17 inches and length is about 14 inches. The model was built by professional craftsmen and is of the highest quality. The Dauntless was the standard shipborne dive-bomber of the US Navy from mid-1940 until November 1943 (when the first operational Curtiss SB2C Helldivers arrived to replace it). In 1942-43, at the Battle of the Coral Sea, in the bitter Guadalcanal campaign and most of all in the crucial Battle of Midway, the Dauntless did more than any other aircraft to turn the tide of the Pacific War. At Midway on 4 June 1942 it wrecked all four Japanese carriers, and later in the battle sank a heavy cruiser and severely damaged another. From 1942 through to 1945, in addition to its shipboard service, the SBD saw intensive use with the US Marine Corps, flying from island bases. I purchased this model some time back from Pacific Aircraft and never put it on display (I've run out of room and will be selling select models on eBay in the coming weeks). The model has only been out of the box twice, once when I bought it and now for pictures. The model is in excellent condition. These models
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