A Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless at the NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, circa 1941. (NASA)
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A Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless at the NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, circa 1941. (NASA)
1 May 1940: The first Douglas Aircraft Company SBD-1 Dauntless dive bomber, Bu. No. 1596 (s/n 449), made its first flight at El Segundo, California.
The serial number must be 549. The s/n 449 it is a French DB-7 .
Thank you. I will re-check my source.
You are correct. I blame a typographic; error. 🙂