dive bomber

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. This allows attacks on point targets and ships, which were difficult to attack with conventional level bombers, even en masse. Dive bombing was especially effective against vehicles when integrated into early instances of Blitzkrieg.

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Aichi D1A, aircraft functional class, Ar 81, BG, bomber, Breda Ba.201, BT, carrier-capable, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, D1A2, D3Y Myojo, Douglas BTD Destroyer, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Fairey Barracuda, Heinkel He 118, Heinkel He 50, Henschel Hs 123, Henschel Hs 123A-1, Ju 87, Kotscherigin OPB, land-based, Loire-Nieuport LN.401, North American A-36 Mustang, PB-1, Petlyakov Pe-2, SBC-4 Helldiver, Skua, Vought SB2U Vindicator, Vultee A-31 Vengeance, XBTK-1, Yokosuka D4Y Suisei, 

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  Aichi D1A ⓘ
  1934 dive bomber by Aichi

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  Ar 81 ⓘ
  prototype dive bomber by Arado

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  Ar-2 ⓘ
  1940 dive bomber aircraft model by Arkhangelsky

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  BG ⓘ
  1933 dive bomber series by Great Lakes Aircraft

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  Breda Ba.201 ⓘ
  aircraft

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  BT ⓘ
  1935 bomber aircraft family by Northrop

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  D1A2 ⓘ
  1936 dive bomber aircraft by Aichi

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  D3Y Myōjō ⓘ
  dive bomber and training aircraft

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  Douglas BTD Destroyer ⓘ
  1943 dive/torpedo bomber model by Douglas

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  Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ
  1940 dive bomber aircraft family

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  Fairey Barracuda ⓘ
  1940 attack aircraft family

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  Heinkel He 118 ⓘ
  German dive bomber

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  Heinkel He 50 ⓘ
  German World War II-era dive bomber

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  Hs 132 ⓘ
  1945 prototype multi-role combat aircraft by Henschel

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  Kotscherigin OPB ⓘ
  

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  Loire-Nieuport LN.401 ⓘ
  family of French naval dive-bombers

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  PB-1 ⓘ
  proposed dive bomber aircraft by Grigorovich

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  SBC-4 Helldiver ⓘ
  scout bomber model by Curtiss

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  Vought SB2U Vindicator ⓘ
  1936 scout bomber family by Vought

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  Vultee A-31 Vengeance ⓘ
  1941 attack aircraft family by Vultee

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  XBTK-1 ⓘ
  1945 prototype dive and torpedo bomber

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  Henschel Hs 123 ⓘ
  1935 dive bomber series by Henschel

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  Skua ⓘ
  fighter-bomber aircraft family by Blackburn

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  Petlyakov Pe-2 ⓘ
  Soviet dive bomber aircraft

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  Yokosuka D4Y Suisei ⓘ
  1940 dive bomber family by Yokosuka

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  Curtiss SB2C Helldiver ⓘ
  1940 scout bomber aircraft family

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  North American A-36 Mustang ⓘ
  1942 attack aircraft model by North American Aviation

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Northrop BT-1 of VB-6 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6), circa in 1940

Aerodynamic breaks and diving flaps on SBD Dauntless dive bomber

Crashed Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6), in 1940

Dive Bomber - panoramio - Corey Coyle

Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless 1:15 scale handmade metal model

• Sturzkampfflugzeug: cesta ke střemhlavému bombardéru - book edition published in 2021, Czech

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		Aichi D1A	carrier-capable dive bomber, dive bomber, carrier-capable airplane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Ar 81	dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Ar-2	dive bomber, land-based dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		BG	attack biplane with 1 engine, carrier-capable attack aircraft, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Breda Ba.201	dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		BT	dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		D1A2	carrier-capable airplane, dive bomber, Aichi D1A	Wikidata
class	aircraft		D3Y Myōjō	dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Douglas BTD Destroyer	dive bomber, torpedo bomber with 1 engine, torpedo-armed monoplane, carrier-capable torpedo bomber, bomber-torpedo plane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Douglas SBD Dauntless	carrier-capable attack aircraft, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fairey Barracuda	torpedo bomber with 1 engine, torpedo-armed monoplane, carrier-capable torpedo bomber, bomber-torpedo plane, carrier-capable dive bomber, dive bomber, torpedo bomber, carrier-capable airplane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Heinkel He 118	fixed-wing aircraft, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Heinkel He 50	reconnaissance aircraft, dive bomber, biplane, bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hs 132	land-based multi-role combat aircraft, dive bomber, interceptor	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Kotscherigin OPB	fixed-wing aircraft, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Loire-Nieuport LN.401	carrier-capable dive bomber, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		PB-1	dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SBC-4 Helldiver	Curtiss SBC Helldiver, dive bomber, carrier-capable airplane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Vought SB2U Vindicator	attack airplane with 1 engine, dive bomber, scout bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Vultee A-31 Vengeance	land-based attack aircraft, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XBTK-1	torpedo bomber with 1 engine, torpedo-armed monoplane, carrier-capable torpedo bomber, bomber-torpedo plane, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1936	Henschel Hs 123	dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1938	Skua	fighter monoplane with 1 engine, two-seat fighter, carrier-capable fighter, fighter-bomber, dive bomber, fighter aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1941	Petlyakov Pe-2	dive bomber, bomber with 2 engines	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1942	Yokosuka D4Y Suisei	carrier-capable dive bomber, bomber with 1 engine, dive bomber, military monoplane with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1943	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	scout bomber, attack aircraft with 1 piston-propeller engine, carrier-capable attack aircraft, dive bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1943	North American A-36 Mustang	North American P-51 Mustang, dive bomber, land-based attack aircraft	Wikidata
commons	image		Northrop BT-1 of VB-6 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6), circa in 1940		Commons
commons	image		Aerodynamic breaks and diving flaps on SBD Dauntless dive bomber		Commons
commons	image		Crashed Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6), in 1940		Commons
commons	image		Dive Bomber - panoramio - Corey Coyle		Commons
commons	image		Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless 1:15 scale handmade metal model		Commons