![Crew leaving SBD Dauntless dive bomber after failed landing at carrier, ca 1942-1944. [962x637] : r/HistoryPorn Crew leaving SBD Dauntless dive bomber after failed landing at carrier, ca 1942-1944. [962x637] : r/HistoryPorn](https://i.redd.it/ea1w5lh11pxz.jpg)
Crew leaving SBD Dauntless dive bomber after failed landing at carrier, ca 1942-1944. [962x637] : r/HistoryPorn
Why wasnt the Douglas SBD Dauntless, or any other US airarmy dive bomber used like the German Stuka in precision bombing of buildings and other ground targets in the war in Europe?
![File:Douglas SBD Dauntless - Dive Bomber - Two .30 calibre tailguns - USS Midway Museum (9260633468).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Douglas SBD Dauntless - Dive Bomber - Two .30 calibre tailguns - USS Midway Museum (9260633468).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless_-_Dive_Bomber_-_Two_.30_calibre_tailguns_-_USS_Midway_Museum_%289260633468%29.jpg/1280px-Douglas_SBD_Dauntless_-_Dive_Bomber_-_Two_.30_calibre_tailguns_-_USS_Midway_Museum_%289260633468%29.jpg)
File:Douglas SBD Dauntless - Dive Bomber - Two .30 calibre tailguns - USS Midway Museum (9260633468).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![The US Navy SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers' strike and the momentum of Midway shift from the most powerful Carrier Task Force on Earth to a single remaining Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier - The US Navy SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers' strike and the momentum of Midway shift from the most powerful Carrier Task Force on Earth to a single remaining Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier -](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Midway-SBD.jpg)
The US Navy SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers' strike and the momentum of Midway shift from the most powerful Carrier Task Force on Earth to a single remaining Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier -
![Photos: Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net | Aircraft, Vintage aircraft, Wwii airplane Photos: Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net | Aircraft, Vintage aircraft, Wwii airplane](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/f3/ce/bef3ce7428900fd97f9092270824c913.jpg)
Photos: Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net | Aircraft, Vintage aircraft, Wwii airplane
![Dive Bombers at Midway – How the Dauntless SBD Turned the Tide in the Pacific War's Most Important Battle - MilitaryHistoryNow.com Dive Bombers at Midway – How the Dauntless SBD Turned the Tide in the Pacific War's Most Important Battle - MilitaryHistoryNow.com](https://i0.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1920px-SBD-3_Dauntless_bombers_of_VS-8_over_the_burning_Japanese_cruiser_Mikuma_on_6_June_1942.jpg?resize=650%2C520&ssl=1)