SB2U

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Vought SB2U Vindicator
No.1990 SB2U
RedPlane.png Carrier-based Dive Bomber
Effects:
Combat Radius: (Deployment Cost: )
Scrap value: (Unbuildable)

Equipment Card SB2U.png

Equipment Character SB2U.png

Equipment Item Prototype Night Zuiun (Attack Equipment).png

Equipment Full SB2U.png

Refittable Ship Types
Fast Battleship Battleship
Aviation Battleship Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier Light Carrier
Heavy Cruiser Aviation Cruiser
Light Cruiser Torpedo Cruiser
Training Cruiser Destroyer
Coastal Defense Ship Submarine
Aircraft Carrying Submarine Seaplane Tender
Fleet Oiler Submarine Tender
Repair Ship Amphibious Assault Ship
LBAS Plane

Introduction

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Mechanics

Dive Bombers are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to do damage during the Airstrike, with their "Dive Bombing"   stat being the most important factor in this regard. Dive Bombers are additionally needed for dealing damage during day Shelling, especially for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI).

Notes

How To Obtain

Unobtainable/Unreleased

Updates History

  • Fall 2016 Event: Added to game files, ID 199 lated reused for Jet Keiun Kai

Trivia

  • Was supposed to be introduced in the Fall 2016 Event, but ended being cancelled.
  • Its design is based on the only remaining SB2U displayed in the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.
  • By the beginning of World War 2 the aircraft was already obsolete. But nonetheless participated in the Battle of Midway with Marine Scout Bombing Squadron (VMSB) 241, and resulted in heavy losses.
    • Captain Richard Eugene Fleming of VMSB-241, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty" for leading the remainder of his division after his Squadron Commander was shot down during the initial attack upon an enemy aircraft carrier on 4 June 1942. On 5 June, he managed to score a near-miss against a "battleship" before being shot down.
      • The said "battleship" was in reality the Japanese cruiser Mikuma.
  • For its performance in combat, Marine pilots called it the "Wind-Indicator."

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