vincent p. norris wrote:

On the weekend I saw a book about an aircraft called Vindicator, that
seemed to be a precursor to the Douglas Dauntless....torpedo bomber in
the '30's.

Not sure whether it was Lockheed though.

That was the Vultee Vindicator, the SB2U-1. A dive-bomber. So slow
pilots nicknamed it the "Wind-indicator."

Next time you watch the movie "Midway," you'll see it being passed off
as the planes flown by Torpeo 8.

The SB2U was made by Vought, not Vultee. Hence the "U" manufacturer
code. Vultee aircraft got a "V" manufacturer code until they became part
of Consolidated, when they got the "Y" code.

You may be confusing the SB2U with the BT-13, aka the "Vultee Vibrator".

-Marc

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