Sunday, October 11, 2015

Final product photos HA0171 USMC SBD-1 VMB-2 San Diego.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA0171 Douglas SBD-1 BuNo 1597, Squadron Commander of VMB-2, US Marine Corps, San Diego, 1940.

The new Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless was found to be unacceptable by the USN because they didn’t have self-sealing fuel tanks, no crew armour protection, poor fuel capacity limiting its range. The SBD-1 was disposed of in the usual way, sent to the USMC. 

The SBD-1 was the first mono-plane in Marine Corps service with Marine VMB-2 “Red Devils” being the first unit to receive them in late 1940. In July 1941 VMB-2 became VMSB-232. SBD-1 BuNo. 1597 entered service in 1940 and was withdrawn from use on March 15, 1944.






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