SBD-1
Marine Corps version without self-sealing fuel tanks; 57 built.

SBD-1P
reconnaissance aircrafts, converted from SBD-1s.

SBD-2
Navy version with increased fuel capacity and different armament but without self-sealing fuel tanks, starting in early 1941; 87 built.

SBD-2P
reconnaissance aircraft, converted from SBD-2s.

SBD-3
began to be manufactured in early 1941. This provided increased protection, self-sealing fuel tanks, and four machine guns; 584 were built.

An SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber of Scouting Squadron (VS) 41 traps on board the carrier
U.S.S. Ranger (CV 4) operating in the Atlantic on October 15, 1942.
[Source: U.S. Navy Photo]

SBD-4P
reconnaissance aircraft, converted from SBD-4s.

SBD-5
The most produced version, primarily produced at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Equipped with a 1,200-hp engine and an increased ammunition supply. A total of 2,965 were built, and a few were shipped to the Royal Navy for evaluation. In addition to American service, these experienced combat against the Japanese with No. 25 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force which soon replaced them with F4Us, and against the Luftwaffe with the Free French Air Force. A few were also sent to Mexico.

An SBD-5 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron (VS) 64 pictured in flight over
New Georgia in the Solomon Islands on December 27, 1943.
[Source: U.S. Navy Photo]

SBD-6
The final version, providing more improvements, including a 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) engine, but production ended in the summer of 1944; 450 built.

A-24 Banshee (SBD-3A)
USAAF equivalent of the SBD-3 without arrestor hook; 168 built.

A-24A Banshee (SBD-4A)
USAAF equivalent of the SBD-4; 170 built.

A-24B Banshee (SBD-5A)
USAAF equivalent of the SBD-5; 615 built.

A USAAF Douglas A-24B-5-DT Banshee (S/N 42-54459) of the 531st Fighter Squadron taxis on December 13, 1943. This was the first A-24B to arrive on Makin in the Gilbert Island Chain.
[Source: U.S. Navy Photo]