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    Dive bomber. A Douglas SBD Dauntless drops its bomb. The dive brakes are extended and are visible behind the wings. 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 ...

  2. Dive Bomber is a 1941 American aviation drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, [3] and starring Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray and Alexis Smith. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers . The film is notable for both its Technicolor photography of pre- World War II United States Navy aircraft and as a historical document of the U.S. in ...

  3. Dive Bomber: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Alexis Smith. A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.

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  4. Jun 5, 2021 · The 'slow but deadly' Douglas SBD dive bomber employed 1930s technology and tactics to turn the tide in the Pacific War. by Stephan Wilkinson 6/5/2021. The Lone Star Flight Museum’s Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless flies near Galveston, Texas, in 2015. Built in 1942 as an A-24B, the museum’s dive bomber was returned to flight in 1997 after a 12,000 ...

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  5. Mar 14, 2024 · The dive bomber, known solely for its name, was a military aircraft that transformed the war scene during World War II (WWII). According to Britannica, its concept dates back to experimental examples during the First World War, but the US Navy and Marines Corps developed it in the 1920s. Several versions of the aircraft type were subsequently ...

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  6. Dive Bomber (1941) -- (Original Trailer) Errol Flynn as a reckless but honorable surgeon turned test pilot, Fred MacMurray the flight commander who becomes his friend, in Warner Bros. noisy, uneven pre-Pearl Harbor color action hit Dive Bomber, 1941, from a story by aviator Frank "Spig" Wead.

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  8. Mar 8, 2020 · American dive bombers typically approached their targets at an altitude of around 20,000 feet, flying at more than 200 knots. When they spotted a ship, dive bomber pilots increased speed and descended to about 8,000 feet. Since Japanese vessels mostly lacked radar, whenever possible the Americans approached their targets from out of the sun.

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