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dive bomber a military aircraft designed to release its bombs on a target during a steep dive dive bomber [′dīv ‚bäm·ər] (aerospace engineering) An aircraft designed to release bombs during a steep dive. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Last fall, the unit identified a body found in the Cascades Mountains in Washington as that of a pilot whose P-38 fighter plane disappeared in 1942 and recovered the remains of two Navy aviators who had been buried in 1945 near the remote crash site of their Dauntless dive bomber. Commenting, for example, on a painting of the Annunciation, Wills writes, "The dove of the Holy Spirit plunges like a dive bomber, trailing a squadron of fighter angels. When nearly out of fuel, they fill their boat for the last time and head for home, surviving an attack by a German dive bomber. |
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