Pre-Order Due May 2012

• Premium Collection
• 1/32 Scale airplanes
• Limited Edition only 200 world-wide
• Features
• Comes with metal stand
• Movable rear gun
• Working dive brakes, rudder & ailerons
• Rotating metal propeller
• Sliding canopy
• Retractable undercarriage
• Rolling wheels
• Movable centerline bomb rack
• Crew figures

Designed as a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, various versions of the
Dauntless served during the war with the US Marine Corps, Army and Navy. The Douglas
was the only plane to fight in every major Pacific engagement. The SBD-3,
sarcastically nicknamed “Speedy Three”, entered service in March 1941 with production
ending in July 1944, by which time a total of 5,936 had been built in all versions.



On May 8, 1942 when the USS Yorktown and USS Lexington were attacked by aircraft
from the Japanese carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku part of the defense force was provided
by SBD-3’s from USS Lexington. The SBD-3 BuNo.4537 “White S-8” of VS-2 crewed by Lt
(jg) William E Hall and Seaman 1st Class John A Moore was assigned to low-level anti-
torpedo aircraft patrol. During the fighting pilot Lt.(jg) William E. Hall was seriously
wounded in the foot but continued to fight shooting down at least one Nakajima B5N.
When Hall landed his aircraft it was so damaged that it was jettisoned overboard. In
January 1942 the US Navy began to change recognition markings on its aircraft and for
several months aircraft were seen wearing various combinations of markings.