vincent p. norris wrote in message . ..
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.

vince norris

There are a lot of Vought SB2U Vindicators in the movie "Dive Bomber"
staring Errol Flynn and Fred McMurray. It was filmed a few months
before the Pearl Harbor attack with lots of sceens on the USS
Saratoga. It's one of my favorite movies because of the many
different airplanes in background shots. I have just about worn my
video tape out. I wonder if its on DVD now.

Van