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The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II 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 States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944.
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 simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact throughout the bomb run.
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber: 1940: retired 1959: 5,936: Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber: 1943: retired 1945: 30: Douglas XTB2D Skypirate torpedo bomber: 1945: retired prototype: 2: Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber: 1941: retired 1966: 9,839: Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft: 1945: retired 1955: 389 [notes 3 ...
A-36A of the 86th Fighter Bomber Group (Dive) in Italy in 1944.. The A-36A-1-NA "Apache" (although Apache was the A-36A's official name, it was rarely used) [13] joined the 27th Fighter-Bomber Group (27th FBG) composed of four squadrons based at Ras el Ma Airfield in French Morocco in April 1943 during the campaign in North Africa. [13]
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II.As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless.
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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 was not used operationally by the United States, but was operated as a front-line aircraft by the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Indian Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", [b] is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935.The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and served the Axis in World War II from beginning to end (1939–1945).