Ex USN BuNo28536.

Surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, this Dauntless went on to sink a Japanese warship on Mar 10, 1942 and participate in the Battle of Midway. Transferred to training duties at NAS Glenview, IL, it crashed into Lake Michigan June 11, 1943 while attempting to land aboard USS Sable. Recovered in January 1994 and restored, the historic Navy aircraft is now displayed in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.

Built for US Navy as SBD-5 BuAer 54532. To Mexico post-war as XB-QUC. Bought back by the Confederate Air Force and maintained airworthy as NL82GA.

This SBD was delivered to the RNZAF as NZ5062 in March 44 and flew 30 combat missions against Rabaul before being handed over to the USMC in May and allocated the BuNo 28536. Post war she was owned by MGM Studios who put her to work as a wind machine but, fortunately, bacame one of the first aircraft owned by Planes of Fame and was restored to airworthy status in 1982.

The A-24 Banshee was the USAAF variant of the Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomber and the type was heavily involved in the South Pacific in operations against the invading Japanese forces. However, losses were high and the Banshee was regarded by many pilots as too slow, short-ranged and poorly armed to be effective. This example on display at the National Museum of the USAF is actually 42-54582 but is displayed as an airctaft that crashed-landed in Java and subsequently abandoned.

SBD-5 Dauntless, ex US Navy 54532 and XB-QUC, under restoration at the original site of what became the Planes of Fame Museum at Chino.

Built for USAAC as A-24B Banshee 42-54582. Civilianised post-war as N4488N and N17421. Retired in 1975 to MCAS Quantico Museum and displayed as an SBD-5. In 2004 restored to its correct A-24B guise and displayed at the USAF Museum Dayton OH as '115786'.

Flew in Mexico for 13 years post-war as XB-QUC. Restored to US Register as N54532 in 1971. Here seen in 1987 in early WW2 (circa 1942) US Navy markings including red centre to the US National star, but as yet no side bars.

The Dauntless dive bomber with its characteristic perforated flaps, preserved aboard the museum carrier Yorktown.