The History of Dive Bombing

A Comprehensive History from 1911 Onward

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  • The
  • incredible
  • story
  • of
  • the
  • dive
  • bomber
  • is
  • told
  • through
  • official
  • reports
  • and
  • personal
  • accounts
  • from
  • combat
  • pilots
  • in
  • this
  • sweeping
  • military
  • history.The
  • History
  • of
  • Dive
  • Bombing
  • delves
  • beneath
  • the
  • myths
  • to
  • present
  • an
  • in-depth
  • history.
  • Peter
  • Smith
  • tells
  • the
  • full
  • story
  • of
  • these
  • planes
  • from
  • the
  • first
  • true
  • combat
  • dive
  • bombing
  • by
  • a
  • Royal
  • Air
  • Force
  • pilot
  • in
  • 1917
  • to
  • the
  • last
  • stirring
  • wartime
  • actions.
  • Interviews
  • with
  • pilots
  • from
  • both
  • World
  • Wars
  • representing
  • all
  • combatant
  • nations
  • give
  • eyewitness
  • viewpoints
  • on
  • many
  • of
  • the
  • major
  • actions
  • and
  • methods
  • employed.From
  • the
  • first
  • dive-bomber
  • missions
  • of
  • World
  • War
  • II,
  • through
  • accounts
  • of
  • British
  • attacks
  • on
  • German
  • warships
  • during
  • the
  • Norwegian
  • campaign,
  • and
  • Stuka
  • missions
  • against
  • the
  • French
  • and
  • British
  • forces,
  • this
  • volume
  • vividly
  • recreates
  • the
  • drama,
  • strategy
  • and
  • tactics
  • of
  • dive
  • bombing.
  • Some
  • well
  • known
  • aircraft
  • types
  • include,
  • such
  • as
  • the
  • Curtiss
  • Helldiver,
  • Aichi
  • D3A1,
  • Blackburn
  • Skua,
  • and
  • the
  • infamous
  • Junkers
  • Ju 87.
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