No 6123Roberiaheczkowsikil Golour ilustations ly Atm [msraezzal'c ‘Douglas SBD DAUNTLESSsearch, criticism or review, Design at at 388, no part of this publica- tion may be: ced, sored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form xr by any means, electronic, — jectrical, chemical, mechani- cal, optical, photocopying, ecording or otherwise, with- ‘out prior written permis: sont Ritenquinies should be tadkiressed t0 the publisher. ISBN 978-8389450-39-5 Editor in chief Reger Wallsgrove Fuditorial Team Barttomie] Belcarz ‘Artur Juszczak James Kightly Rosert Peczkowski Colour Drawings “Artur Juszczak Scale Plans Dariusz Karnas DIP. Rebert Peczkowski Printed Drakarnia Diecezialna, ul, Zeromskiego 4, 27.600 Sandomierz, tel. +48 (15) 832 31 925 fax +48 (15) 832 77 87 wntncieds pl marketing@wds pl PRINTED IN POLAND “The Beginnings... Northrop XBT? (Douglas XSBD-1) SBD cine sBD2. sBDS. SBD-4, sBD5 SBD-6 ‘8-24 Banshy ‘Techical Description. US Navy unit operation principles SBDUS Navy Units nm A-24 Banshee Units Foreign Users. UK New Zealand nnn Mexican Air Force... Chit. France. Sources. ‘Survivors list Colour photos. Colour profiles... Get in the picture! ‘Do you have photographs of historical aircraft, atfietds in action, or origi nal and unusual stories to tell? ‘MMP would like to hear from you! We welcome previously unpublished material that will help to make ‘MMP books the best of their kind. We will te-um original photos to you and provide fll credit for your images. Con- tact us before sending us any valuable material: rogerw@mmpbooks biz Acknowledgements Twould like to thank the following people for their help and encourage- ment during the preparation of this publication. ‘Art Lochte - USA; German Liter - Chile; Santiago A. Flores - Mexico; Jetostaw Garlicki Poland; Gerald W. Thomas, Air Group 4 - USA; James Kightly ~ Australia; Jose Fernandez - France; Malcolm Laird - New Zealand. Many Souffan - France. On the title page: A pair of SBDs over a carrier The Jn 1934 the Burea companies to tender ‘competition was als acai. The new aircraft Naxx USS Yorktown, sand Ranger already it Designs for the n Lakes, Grumman, No tobe won by just one esiens, ordering sm ‘gad cmination, on! Orders were plac SBA (later built 2 Se XSB2U-1, later b Eaward A. Hein Recthp Aircraft C Sercectics number Is terms of des (Gamma 2F, which Bur the wings had o sGauld not be folded Se peoblem Heiner BS aecaitcarier Sexe split flaps also wsed the under Spee 700 hp Prat sguae on 19 August aesimum speed 153585 engine, th SS 1,000 Ib of b