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12-03-2005, 09:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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 | The Val was a good dive bomber. Like the Stuka, it was dangerous as long as they weren't being attacked by supeior aircraft.
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12-03-2005, 09:47 PM
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 | I vote for the A-36 'Apache' because it was a capable and effective dive-bomber that served in Italy and Burma with a good record. It may not have been able to carry as much as those other's mentioned, it was still able to inflict serious damage and was more survivable in the presence of enemy fighters.
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12-03-2005, 10:15 PM
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| The Helldiver Heres an interesting web site for the "beast". Perhaps its reputation was undeserved for the late model varieties. http://history1900s.about.com/librar...helldiver1.htm http://www.wpafb.af.mil/cgi-bin/quiz...k/a3/a3-27.htm http://www.acepilots.com/planes/helldiver.html http://www.sb2chelldiver.org/
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12-03-2005, 10:43 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| About 12 years ago I was heavily involved with Civil Air Patrol. There was mission pilot who lived in Bishop, I think his name was Bob Chinn who flew the SBC-2 in WW2 off several carriers. He had all kinds of memorabilia from his career, we stayed up very late talking about aircraft. I recollect him saying the SBD was a hard aircraft to fly but once mastered was a great plane. He felt Curtiss tried to put too many advances into the aircraft. He was also one of the original members of the now infamous "Tail-hook" association....
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