SBD-5 Dauntlesss RNZAF

[Jack Cook]

SBD-5 Bu No 5525 NZ5049 of 25 Squadron based Piva Bomber strip on Bougainville on a mission to Lakunai airfield, Rabaul during April 1944.
Sister ship NZ5062 still flies with the Planes of Fame at Chino, CA.........

[Zac Yates]

Great photo, Jack! I love seeing our Dauntlesses. There is another in existence, a wreck sometimes displayed in an "as-found" diorama at the RNZAF Museum. Its condition isn't even close to '62!

[avenger2504]

Thanks for sharing that photo Jack, rare to see air to air of "our' SBDs. Doubt we will ever see one in New Zealand although our Air Force Museum does have a fairly crumpled wreck of one.

[Chris Brame]

Do you folks in NZ have anything interesting to trade to the US Naval Air Museum? They have a few extra Dauntlesses down in Pensacola...

[avenger2504]

probably not always thought someone in our Government might ask yours nicely for one since we helped you guys in the Pacific ha ha.