#dive bomber

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U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber pilot and his pet dog. Battle of Midway 1942.

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Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka" (a German contraction for Sturzkampfflugzeug, or "dive-bomber"). 

[blondebrainpowered]

Woman in Vultee-Nashville, Tennessee operating an air drill for a A-31 Vengence dive bomber, February 1943. Not colorized, Kodachrome.

Photographer: Alfred T. Palmer.

Although built in the US, the A-31 was used by primarily British and Australian forces during the war.

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German Colonel General Erhard Milch inspecting Luftwaffe pilots, Trondheim, Norway, 23 Apr 1940; note Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers in background

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Stuka de la Regia Aeronautica.

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D3A dive bomber taking off from carrier Akagi, Indian Ocean, 5 Apr 1942; the single vertical red stripe toward the rear end of fuselage identified this aircraft as from Akagi.

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[hooperdrivestheboat]

Alexis Smith in Dive Bomber (1946)

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RAAF Vultee Vengeance

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