This is our Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless. The Dauntless is a two-seat Scout/Bomber Aircraft with a state-of-the-art low-wing monoplane with multi-cellular wing. This revolutionary development allowed for no external wing braces or stays. Because multi-cellular wings could not fold, the SBD was made very compact. SBDs carried a center-mounted 1,000 lb. bomb on a trapeze that swung the bomb down and forward to clear the prop. The SBD sank more tons of Japanese shipping than all other aircraft combined.