dive bombers dive at a steep angle and drop their bombs as they near the ship
Warships from both sides were using their ship's AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery). The fighting occurred strictly between warplanes: Fighters, Dive Bombers, and Torpedoe Bombers. Planes fought planes, and planes ATTACKED ships.
IJN Kate torpedo planes USN Avenger torpedo planes IJN Val dive bombers USN Dauntless dive bombers IJN Zero fighters USN Hellcat fighters (Specifically designed by Grumman to kill the Zero)
Standard aerial general purpose H-E & Armor piercing bombs, and aerial torpedoes. If you're looking for model/type numbers, then you would need to look up on the websites the actual machines, which would state what type of ordnance they would carry: For the IJN Kate Torpedo bombers & Val Dive Bombers. For the USN, Vindicator & Dauntless Dive bombers; Devastator & Avenger Torpedo Bombers.
1. Luck that the US dive bombers found the carriers. 2. Luck that the IJN carriers were loaded with fueling and arming airplanes; no better target could ever be imagined! 3. Luck that the IJN fighters had vacated the high altitudes (which would have gotten the dive bombers) and dove into the attack on the torpedo bombers instead. Another words, the IJN warship's AAA could have shot down the USN torpedo planes without much effort. Hitting the USN torpedo planes with fighters too, simply made the slaughter easier. But they forgot about the dive bombers...and that's what did it!
The U.S. Navy had approximately 915 combat aircraft (fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedo bombers) on fifteen aircraft carriers during the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.
USN: Vindicator & Dauntless dive bombers; Devastator & Avenger torpedo bombers; wildcat fighters. IJN: Val dive bombers; Kate torpedo bombers; and Zero fighters.
USN: Vindicator & Dauntless Dive Bombers; Devastator & Avenger Torpedo Bombers; Wildcat fighters. IJN: Val Dive Bombers; Kate Torpedo Bombers; Zero fighters.
Yes they did.
Fighters (Hellcats); Dive Bombers (Dauntless); Torpedo Bombers (Avengers); Medium Bombers (Mitchells); Heavy Bombers (Superfortress).
Ship's AAA, dive bombers, torpedo bombers, and fighters.
The Junkers but its also called the German dive bombers! :)
VAL Dive Bombers, KATE Torpedo Bombers, and ZERO Fighters.
Mini-Subs launched from mother ships; dive bombers, torpedo bombers, and fighters.
There are many single engine aircraft used as dive bombers and torpedo bombers that could be cited if this were the aim of the question - was it?
Warships from both sides were using their ship's AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery). The fighting occurred strictly between warplanes: Fighters, Dive Bombers, and Torpedoe Bombers. Planes fought planes, and planes ATTACKED ships.
No - dive bombers of WW2 vintage were primarily used for more pinpoint bombing accuracy; the precision laser-guided munitions of the modern Navy make that tactic obsolete.
First of all, they're kamikazes.They were Japanese bombers during WW2 that would dive into buildings to kill people.Put simply, they were suicide bombers