Placing the Bell P39 Aircobra.

[Franek Grabowski]

Originally Posted by Kutscha

Franek, you forgot the Helldiver. The FAA also had the Skau.

Yep, b***dy Helldiver and Skua. I think Japanese army also had dive bombers (Sonia?). 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. Ju 87 was an exception rather than the rule, and still a lot of its job was hitting naval targets.
Then again, Soviets had no dive bomber in the sense of Ju 87, and simply I do not understand what actually the argument is.