dive-bombers

Mr. Symonds offers a pitilessly clear indictment of Hornet skipper Marc Mitscher and his air-group commander, Stanhope Ring, for their mismanagement and cover-up of their carrier's wayward principal air strike on June 4, the "Flight to Nowhere," which saw their dive-bombers and fighters venture forth fruitlessly over empty seas.

The Beginning of the End James D. Hornfischer 2011

The Battle of Midway was decided in a five-minute span on the morning of June 4, 1942, when U.S. Navy dive-bombers landed a series of haymakers on Japan's formerly invincible aircraft-carrier striking force.

The Beginning of the End James D. Hornfischer 2011

He was one of the 85 survivors of the 807 men on board when the ship was sunk by Stuka dive-bombers off the coast of Crete on

Colin Jones 2010

While in town, you should also take a trip out to Roubaix, where an art deco swimming pool (with the water still in it) has been turned into a gallery, Roubaix La Piscine (+33 3 2069 2360, roubaix-lapiscine.com), with sculptures arranged where once dive-bombers scuttled, and a lovely garden overlooked by a terrace cafe.

Nouveau riches: what's new in France 2011

We were soon to find out – it was us, as out of the sun came Stukas, the screaming dive-bombers, a dozen or more, one after the other.

Alan Glass 2010

The German dive-bombers were attacking the columns of the British and French retreating along the dusty roads and lanes toward the town and port ...

BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010

Although the French, American, and Japanese naval air forces were all developing dive-bombers, in May 1940 the Luftwaffe was the only land-based air force that had both the planes and the coordination systems to make use of them.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Unlike the level flight bombers in other air forces, the German dive-bombers were, by the standards of the war, highly accurate: as the fighting developed over the next month, the core of the Soviet tank force was destroyed, not by German tanks and antitank guns but from the air.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

My own father signed up for the Marines in '42 on a promise that he'd be allowed to continue his work on a secret project working to miniaturize radar so it could be mounted on dive-bombers.

Soldier Marc Hall's Freedom Rap Song Lands Him in Liberty Jail 2010

The German dive-bombers were attacking the columns of the British and French retreating along the dusty roads and lanes toward the town and port ...

BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010