Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless Arrives at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Back in October, we reported that, following some 40,000 hours of volunteer labor, the restoration team at the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan had completed the restoration of Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless BuNo.2173. That article also noted that the dive-bomber was due to depart Kalamazoo for a new home at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on Ford Island in Honolulu, Hawaii. We can now report that this combat-veteran Dauntless has completed her ocean voyage to Hawaii, and is safely ensconced within the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum's historic Hangar 79, which still b...