At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

The BuNo 2106 aircraft had a remarkable life: it survived Pearl Harbor and fought at Midway, was later lost in an accident in the Great Lakes, and was eventually resurrected. With a top speed of just ...

This film is based on the story of my father, Ensign Thomas Ramsay, and his adventures at Midway. He led his squadron of SBDs in the attack that so severely damaged HIJMS KAGA that the Japanese were ...

There was bittersweet irony in Best’s accomplishment. It was his most successful mission, and also his last. As this reporter argued in an article in The National Interest published on January 23, ...

In vivid detail, Norman “Dusty” Kleiss recalled those few minutes 62 years ago when he and the type of airplane suspended overhead helped tilt the balance of naval power in the Pacific. Cruising at 22 ...

Click to open image viewer. Single engine, low wing, carrier based scout/dive bomber.Both sides of fuselage: "109," U. S. star and bar insignia. On the tail, "Navy" and U. S. Navy Bureau of ...

“The Battle of Midway was probably the most important battle in the Pacific war during World War II,” says Russell Lee, a curator in the aeronautics division at the National Air and Space Museum. “On ...

When collecting vintage aircraft, the USS Midway Museum prefers the real thing. Except when the only known examples of the real thing are on the bottom of the ocean. The popular museum — a ...