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Then hell fell on the beachhead. In mid-morning a fence of enemy cruisers and destroyers shelled it from the north. Douglas dive-bombers went up and damaged a heavy cruiser. Then 16 enemy dive-bombers, which must have been carrier-based, attacked Henderson Field. Five were shot down. Nine more Jap divers swooped in. This time they did damage...
Marine pilots fly Navy planes: the chunky, tough, not-too-fast SBD for dive-bombing and scouting missions; the plucky little Grumman F4F for fighting (a winner every time if it can get enough initial altitude); the versatile, though somewhat delicate, TBF for torpedo missions and glide-bombing. Supporting the Marine squadrons have been Naval squadrons and Army pilots...
...Islands that they were doomed unless they got out in 24 hours. "You all die, you all die!" screeched the radio. From an airdrome in the Andreanofs U.S. planes took to the air, flew to Kiska. The Jap voice still chattered. A plane peeled off, went into a power dive, machine guns and cannon spitting. The voice ceased...
...medium and light bombers (B25, B26, etc.) are the best in the world. They have been tested in all theaters. U.S. scout bombers, product of the Navy's longtime development of this destructive art, also are without peer among single-engine dive-bombers...
Douglas SBD (Dauntless). The Navy's carrier-based standard dive-bomber (singleengine, air-cooled), this craft is the best in the world in its category. It will shortly be supplemented by a newer design, now in production...