DOUGLAS SBD-5
DAUNTLESS
CFS3 - V4.00.168
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
Gregory Pierson's Version 4.0 first released in August 2006 represents a complete update of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line Process (1%ALP). Compared to our previous efforts, 4.0 is an order of magnitude improvement and a closer step towards our goal of producing aircraft that perform within 1% of the real aircraft. For additional info on Version-4 flight packages see the included AvHistory - Version-4 1%ALP text file.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. No skins for AvHistory aircraft, other then those based on stock MS CFS3 visuals, maybe offered for download with our written permission.
Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
DOUGLAS SBD-5 DAUNTLESS
This aircraft was built by GregoryP using version 4.00.168 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on GRAMPS outstanding original visual. Graham of VB Planes, David " Daviator" Eckert & Marv(GZR_Sactargets) Howell who also contributed to the plane are listed in the original credits file by GRAMPS. This file also has additional info on the aircraft.
John BRAVO/4 Whelan painted the plane in the March 1944 livery of No. 25 Sqn, RNZAF Serial: NZ5057 (ex BuNo.36925) This aircraft was flown by Sqn. Ldr. T. J. MacLean de Lange & F. Off. Sewell. .
Left side view showing the placement of the nose-art. The origins of the artwork are unknown, but it appears to be a winged stomach carrying a wide assortment of alcohol. Right side showing basic unit marking layout.
It is to be noted that the RNZAF roundels differed greatly from plane to plane, with some featuring the large white inner ring and blue borders shown here, while others had a thin white inner ring and no blue borders, and there was yet a third variation that had no white bars at all.
Note that the roundels are carried on both wings, and they do not have the yellow outline that is on the fuselage roundels.
Rene 'Greycap' of Steve's "O-1 Driver" effects team installed the lights & exhaust flames.
Northrop Corporation first developed the SBD before World War II. It was first flown in July 1935, but considered obsolete by December 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Douglas Aircraft purchased the SBD contract and the SBD-1 was first delivered in late 1940. Over 5,000 aircraft were built and production of the carrier-based scout, dive and torpedo bomber ceased in July 1944.
Despite accusations that the aircraft was under-powered, vulnerable, lacking in range and exhausting to fly for any length of time, the "Dauntless" helped turn the tide of World War II at the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. The "Dauntless" sunk four major aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy, ceasing Japanese expansion in the Pacific. The SBD also served with 20 U.S. Marine Corps Squadrons and many SBDs were retrofitted with Westinghouse ASB radar, the first to be used by the U.S. Navy.
Though considered obsolete on that "Day of Infamy" in the skies over Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the SBD was the first American combat aircraft to shoot down a Japanese Zero fighter. It may have been slow, but it was deadly, as that Japanese pilot found out that day.
The SBD was the only U.S. combat aircraft to fight from the beginning of the World War II until the end. Considered the most destructive air weapon of the U.S. Navy, the SBD sank over 300,000 tons of enemy ships, a greater tonnage of Japanese shipping than any other Allied aircraft during the war! Again, slow, but INDEED deadly! Eighteen were warships, including five aircraft carriers sunk in the battle of the Coral Sea and Midway. After the war, the U.S. Marine Corps continued to use the SBD, and in the 1950s, the French Air Force used SBDs in its war in Indo-China. GRAMPS
DAUNTLESS
CFS3 - V4.00.168
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
Gregory Pierson's Version 4.0 first released in August 2006 represents a complete update of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line Process (1%ALP). Compared to our previous efforts, 4.0 is an order of magnitude improvement and a closer step towards our goal of producing aircraft that perform within 1% of the real aircraft. For additional info on Version-4 flight packages see the included AvHistory - Version-4 1%ALP text file.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. No skins for AvHistory aircraft, other then those based on stock MS CFS3 visuals, maybe offered for download with our written permission.
Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
DOUGLAS SBD-5 DAUNTLESS
This aircraft was built by GregoryP using version 4.00.168 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on GRAMPS outstanding original visual. Graham of VB Planes, David " Daviator" Eckert & Marv(GZR_Sactargets) Howell who also contributed to the plane are listed in the original credits file by GRAMPS. This file also has additional info on the aircraft.
John BRAVO/4 Whelan painted the plane in the March 1944 livery of No. 25 Sqn, RNZAF Serial: NZ5057 (ex BuNo.36925) This aircraft was flown by Sqn. Ldr. T. J. MacLean de Lange & F. Off. Sewell. .
Left side view showing the placement of the nose-art. The origins of the artwork are unknown, but it appears to be a winged stomach carrying a wide assortment of alcohol. Right side showing basic unit marking layout.
It is to be noted that the RNZAF roundels differed greatly from plane to plane, with some featuring the large white inner ring and blue borders shown here, while others had a thin white inner ring and no blue borders, and there was yet a third variation that had no white bars at all.
Note that the roundels are carried on both wings, and they do not have the yellow outline that is on the fuselage roundels.
Rene 'Greycap' of Steve's "O-1 Driver" effects team installed the lights & exhaust flames.
Northrop Corporation first developed the SBD before World War II. It was first flown in July 1935, but considered obsolete by December 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Douglas Aircraft purchased the SBD contract and the SBD-1 was first delivered in late 1940. Over 5,000 aircraft were built and production of the carrier-based scout, dive and torpedo bomber ceased in July 1944.
Despite accusations that the aircraft was under-powered, vulnerable, lacking in range and exhausting to fly for any length of time, the "Dauntless" helped turn the tide of World War II at the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. The "Dauntless" sunk four major aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy, ceasing Japanese expansion in the Pacific. The SBD also served with 20 U.S. Marine Corps Squadrons and many SBDs were retrofitted with Westinghouse ASB radar, the first to be used by the U.S. Navy.
Though considered obsolete on that "Day of Infamy" in the skies over Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the SBD was the first American combat aircraft to shoot down a Japanese Zero fighter. It may have been slow, but it was deadly, as that Japanese pilot found out that day.
The SBD was the only U.S. combat aircraft to fight from the beginning of the World War II until the end. Considered the most destructive air weapon of the U.S. Navy, the SBD sank over 300,000 tons of enemy ships, a greater tonnage of Japanese shipping than any other Allied aircraft during the war! Again, slow, but INDEED deadly! Eighteen were warships, including five aircraft carriers sunk in the battle of the Coral Sea and Midway. After the war, the U.S. Marine Corps continued to use the SBD, and in the 1950s, the French Air Force used SBDs in its war in Indo-China. GRAMPS
