A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target...
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dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets. Dive Bomber may also refer to: Dive Bomber (film) Dive Bomber (video game) Dive Bomber...
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Dive Bomber is a 1941 American aviation drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray and Alexis Smith. It was produced...
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Aichi D3A (redirect from Aichi Navy Type 99 Dive Bomber)
"Type 99 Carrier Bomber"; Allied reporting name "Val") is a World War II carrier-borne dive bomber. It was the primary dive bomber of the Imperial Japanese...
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The USSR produced three models of dive bomber during World War II. Soviet dive bomber may refer to: Petlyakov Pe-2 Petlyakov Pe-3 Petlyakov Pe-8 This...
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Junkers Ju 87 (redirect from Stukka Dive Bomber)
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in...
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List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II (section Torpedo bombers, dive bombers and army cooperation)
fighter/dive bomber Fairey Albacore (RAF, FAA) torpedo/dive bomber Fairey Barracuda (FAA) torpedo/dive bomber Fairey Swordfish (FAA) torpedo bomber Grumman...
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Yokosuka D4Y (redirect from Yokosuka Navy Type 96 Carrier Attack Bomber)
"Comet"; Allied reporting name "Judy") is a two-seat carrier-based dive bomber developed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal and operated by...
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Aichi D1A (redirect from Aichi Navy Type 94 Dive Bomber)
Aichi D1A or Navy Type 94/96 Carrier Bomber (Allied reporting name "Susie") was a Japanese carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. A single-engine, two-seat...
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Barbarossa. Naval forces chose both torpedo and dive bombers. None of these could be considered as fighter bombers as they could not combat fighters. During...
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fighter Curtiss SBC Helldiver - Carrier-based scout bomber Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - Carrier-based dive bomber Curtiss SOC Seagull - Observation aircraft Curtiss...
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A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes. Torpedo bombers came into existence just before the...
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Douglas SBD Dauntless (category 1940s United States bomber aircraft)
American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United...
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Nakajima Aircraft Company (section Dive bomber)
seaplane prototype, lost to the Kawanishi E12K D2N D3N - 1936 carrier-based dive bomber prototype based on the C3N and B5N, lost to the Aichi D3A G5N - Shinzan...
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torpedo bombers are included. Bomber List of bomber aircraft List of military aircraft of the United States Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, US heavy bomber under...
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Petlyakov Pe-2 (category 1930s Soviet bomber aircraft)
«Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft...
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Richard Halsey Best (category United States Navy bomber pilots of World War II)
Richard Halsey Best (March 24, 1910 – October 28, 2001) was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II....
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including 27 fighters, 40 dive bombers, and 29 torpedo bombers, they lost 148 pilots and aircrew members, including two dive bomber group leaders, three torpedo...
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filled by tactical bomber class, which crosses and blurs with various other aircraft categories: light bombers, medium bombers, dive bombers, interdictors...
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400, long-range bomber Heinkel He 45, bomber + trainer Heinkel He 50, reconnaissance + dive bomber (biplane) Heinkel He 111, bomber Heinkel He 177 Greif...
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The Vultee A-31 Vengeance is an American dive bomber of World War II that was built by Vultee Aircraft. A modified version was designated A-35. The Vengeance...
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Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships...
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Attack aircraft (redirect from Attack bomber)
and level bombing. They also use "D" to specifically designate carrier dive bomber like the Yokosuka D4Y Suisei. However by the end of the world war II...
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ground-attack/dive bomber version of the North American P-51 Mustang, from which it could be distinguished by the presence of rectangular, slatted dive brakes...
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Dive bomb, dive-bomb or divebomb may refer to: Dive bomb (guitar technique) Divebomb, a Transformers character Dive bomber, bomber aircraft that dives...
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5 - General purpose Blohm & Voss P 6 - Dive bomber (Ha 137 development) Blohm & Voss P 7 - Biplane dive bomber Blohm & Voss P 8 - Flying boat Blohm &...
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torpedo bomber Blackburn Baffin torpedo bomber Blackburn B-6 Shark torpedo bomber Blackburn Skua fighter/dive bomber Blackburn Roc fighter/dive bomber Boulton...
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the Wildcats shot down seven torpedo bombers and one dive bomber, and heavily damaged another torpedo bomber (which later crashed), at a cost of three...
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Nell 1934 Navy land-based bomber Aichi D1A Susie 1934 Navy carrier dive bomber Yokosuka B4Y Jean 1935 biplane torpedo bomber Mitsubishi 2MR 1923 carrier...
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patrol bomber Curtiss R5C Commando transport Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber Douglas BD Havoc attack/medium bomber/target...
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