Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Aichi D3A (Navy designation "Type 99 Carrier Bomber"; Allied reporting name "Val") [a] is a World War II carrier-borne dive bomber. It was the primary dive bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and was involved in almost all IJN actions, including the attack on Pearl Harbor .
The Air Force followed these developments closely, and in 1955 issued General Operational Requirement No. 38 for a new bomber, combining the payload and intercontinental range of the B-52 with the Mach 2 top speed of the Convair B-58 Hustler. [7] [N 2] The new bomber was expected to enter service in 1963. [8]
Aichi D3A Val 1938 Navy carrier dive bomber; Mitsubishi G4M Betty 1939 Navy land-based bomber; Yokosuka D4Y 彗星 "Suisei" Judy 1940 dive bomber; Nakajima B6N 天山 "Tenzan" Jill 1941 Navy torpedo bomber; Aichi B7A 流星 "Ryusei" Grace 1942 Navy carrier torpedo bomber; Kyushu Q1W 東海 "Tokai" Lorna 1943 Navy anti-submarine patrol bomber
The Yokosuka D4Y3 "Judy" dive bomber was introduced in mid-1942 and intended to replace the slower "Val" by the end of that year, but the Val was kept in service until 1944. [39] The Judy could outrun the USN Wildcat but, by the time the Judy came into wide use, the even faster USN Hellcat had been introduced.
Almost every make and model of aircraft were used as kamikazes. [3] The most often seen were the Mitsubishi A6M ("Zero," allied code name "Zeke"), Aichi D3A (Allied code name "Val"), Mitsubishi G4M (Allied code name "Betty"), Nakajima B5N (Allied code name "Kate"), Yokosuka P1Y (Allied code name "Francis"), although in the final months of the war, every flyable aircraft was used.
Others were given names of people the creators of the system knew personally; the Mitsubishi G4M bomber, with its large gun blisters was named "Betty" in homage to a busty female friend of Williams. The Aichi D3A "Val" got its name from an Australian Army sergeant.
Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger worked in special forces overseeing drone operations and maintenance, The Post has learned — as he is pictured for the first time, wearing camouflage and ...
Aichi B7A Ryusei Navy carrier torpedo bomber: Grace 1942 114 IJN: Aichi M6A1 Seiran Navy Special Strike Submarine Bomber: n/a 1943 28 IJN: Mitsubishi Ki-15 Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Plane: Babs 1936 500~ IJA: Mitsubishi Ki-51 Army Type 99 Assault Plane: Sonia 1939 2385 IJA: Mitsubishi B5M Navy Type 97 No.2 Carrier Attack Bomber: Mabel ...