dive bomber

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“I miss him,” Biden said of McCain at the memorial, located near where McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down in 1967 by the North Vietnamese.

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2023

The aircraft collection, previously owned by Allen, consists of 23 warplanes that include a British Spitfire, a Japanese Zero, a German Stuka dive bomber, a Soviet Ilyushin II and a U.S.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

CHAY-DA-GAHI, which translates to "turtle," came to mean a tank, while a GINI, "chicken hawk" in English, became a dive bomber.

From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2014

"It was very frightening - like a stuka dive bomber with screaming motors and the pressure gauges spinning around."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2013

This is the best dive bomber that was ever built.

From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George