“Despite all of these important drawbacks, the Americans still won the battle convincingly, thanks mostly to the killer blows struck by one weapons system: the US Dauntless dive bomber. When these bombers were used correctly in dive bombing attacks (instead… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“The steeper angle of a true dive bombing run (about 70 degrees) was far less vulnerable to flak and far more accurate. Japanese carriers had thin unarmored flight decks, and on board the ships there were hundreds of aircraft, many… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
