On January 14, 1944, Sgt. Charlie J. Sciara, a gunner on an SBD Dauntless divebomber, was shot down over Papua New Guinea during an attack run on the Japanese base at Rabaul Harbor.
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Air Zoo to Complete Unique Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless Restoration
Air Zoo to Complete Unique Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless Restoration
The SBD-1 Dauntless exhibited at AirVenture 2021. Photo by Job Savage
Douglas Dauntless SBD-1 BuNo. 1612, the sole surviving example of its variant, was expected to arrive at the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan today, August 2
nd, 2021. The museum’s highly respected restoration team will complete the full restoration of this historic aircraft, making it the third example of the breed which they have tackled thus far and the fourth aircraft recovered from Lake Michigan which they have worked on.