dive bomber
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The aircraft collection consists of 23 warplanes, mostly from World War II, including a British Spitfire, a Japanese Zero, a German Stuka dive bomber, a Soviet Ilyushin II and a U.S.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022
He even got to fly an A-24, a Navy dive bomber specifically used for aerial gunnery.
From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2017
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 report says His Majesty's carrier, Staunch, has on board a new type of dive bomber which put a pocket battleship out of action and later landed upon the deck of the carrier.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
