dive bomber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dive bomber
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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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
He even got to fly an A-24, a Navy dive bomber specifically used for aerial gunnery.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2017
"It was very frightening - like a stuka dive bomber with screaming motors and the pressure gauges spinning around."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2013
Completing the backdrop behind him on the hangar deck was a Dassault dive bomber.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2011
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
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