The Army Air Forces had a dive bomber during WWII
Before the advent of precision-guided munitions, dive bombing was the best way for a bomber to ensure its payload hit the intended target. By climbing to a high altitude and…
World War II dive bombers whistled only to scare civilians
Some 80 years after the start of World War II, many of us whose parents may not even have been born yet are familiar with the sound – a slow droning noise getting ever closer, ever louder, and deeper in pitch. It’s the sound of a plane falling to…