The Douglas SBD 5 Dauntless was an American low-wing, in-flight retractable landing gear dive bomber of the classic World War II configuration. About 3,000 aircraft of this type were built during the production process. The drive was provided by one Wright Cyclone R-1820-60 engine with a capacity of 1200 hp. The length of the plane was 10.09 meters with a wingspan of 12.66 meters. Deck armament consisted of four 7.62-mm and 12.7-mm machine guns. The car could also carry a load of bombs weighing up to 1,020 kilograms. The Douglas SBD 5 Dauntless aircraft was a development of the previous machine from the SBD series, that is, the SBD 4, which was also produced by the Douglas aircraft factory. The main change consisted in using a clearly more powerful engine and increasing the mechanical strength of the entire structure. This, in turn, had a positive effect on the characteristics of the car. These aircraft served primarily as part of the United States Navy during the Pacific War, where—along with other variants of the SBD Dauntless aircraft until 1944—they were one of the mainstays of American carrier-based aviation. A small batch of them was transferred to Great Britain and New Zealand.
