{"id":19864,"date":"2024-03-14T21:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/second-world-war-dive-bomber-aircraft-guide\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T21:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:30:12","slug":"history-the-dive-bomber-aircraft-of-the-second-world-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=19864","title":{"rendered":"History: The Dive Bomber Aircraft Of The Second World War"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dive bomber, known solely for its name, was a military aircraft<\/a> that transformed the war scene during World War II (WWII)<\/a>. According to Britannica,<\/a> its concept dates back to experimental examples during the First World War, but the US Navy and Marines Corps developed it in the 1920s. Several versions of the aircraft type were subsequently manufactured, including the German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, the Japanese Aichi 99, and the reputable Petlyakov Pe-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly 50 versions of these planes were developed over nine years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,5625,1455,408,412,409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-aircraft-history","category-bomber","category-history","category-military","category-world-war-ii"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t