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Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski
Tony, we talk about WWII, are not we?
Mate, tell me what major power used dive bombers for ground support, apart of early use of Ju 87s?
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No, Franek.
We talk about your statement; "It does not change the fact, that dive bombers appeared in 1930s and were destined mostly to pin-point such targets like ships, thus most of them were naval aircraft."
Your "fact" is not true. Agree? Dive bombing appeared in 1917 and was taken up enthusiastically by all of the major powers because of its unmatched accuracy.
The major powers then dropped it, except for the Ju 87 which was close to being a war-winning weapon and was later fitted with an accurate gun, for entirely spurious reasons to do with Douhet and strategic bombing as expounded by Portal, Harris, Slessor, and Dr. Strangelove.
Tony