Wings Over Houston Saturday 2012
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Douglass SBD Dauntless, made famous at Midway. Nicknamed "Slow But Deadly", the rugged Dauntless had the lowest loss ratio of any U.S. combat airplane. How rugged? Pilot Stanley Vejtasa was jumped by 3 Zeros. He shot down 2 and rammed the last one head on, cutting off its wing, then flew home to the carrier without incident. This was a bomber-not designed to dogfight!
