As if that wasn’t amazing enough, the Dauntless stands out as the only WWII bomber with a positive kill ... and the Navy brass concurred; the Helldiver completely supplanted the Dauntless ...
the Navy asked for proposals for a new multi-purpose bomber. By 1943, aircraft design and tactics had improved, and by the time the A-25 Shrike variant of the Curtiss Helldiver was deployed in ...