 Editor in Chief Bill   | 15 Jun 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
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dragon6  | 15 Jun 2016 12:01 p.m. PST |
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| JimDuncanUK | 15 Jun 2016 12:02 p.m. PST |
Stuka Not a favourite but it was very effective in its designed role. |
| Winston Smith | 15 Jun 2016 12:18 p.m. PST |
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| (Leftee) | 15 Jun 2016 12:33 p.m. PST |
Blackburn Skua – was also featured in one of my favorite 'Commando' magazines.
PE-2, though not a dedicated dive bomber, would rank too. |
| boy wundyr x | 15 Jun 2016 12:46 p.m. PST |
The Swordfish was an occasional dive bomber, and the Swordfish is my personal avatar of an airplane (out-of-date before it started but outlasted everything built to replace it), so I'm going with that. |
| GatorDave | 15 Jun 2016 1:06 p.m. PST |
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 15 Jun 2016 1:08 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Dauntless. My first ever plastic kit was the old Hawk model,a Christmas present at age 10. The plane could take a lot of punishment(the model did,too!). |
| blacksmith | 15 Jun 2016 1:15 p.m. PST |
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| BW1959 | 15 Jun 2016 1:21 p.m. PST |
Another vote for the SBD Dauntless
Sank more enemy shipping then any other allied aircraft. |
| wrgmr1 | 15 Jun 2016 1:42 p.m. PST |
SBD Dauntless, one more vote. |
 Doms Decals  | 15 Jun 2016 1:46 p.m. PST |
Vultee Vengeance baby…. :-) |
 Herkybird | 15 Jun 2016 1:51 p.m. PST |
Another Douglas Dauntless lover here! |
| Joes Shop | 15 Jun 2016 1:53 p.m. PST |
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| pvernon | 15 Jun 2016 1:54 p.m. PST |
Stuka, the best of the WW2 dive bombers due to its actual vertical dive. Second the Dauntless. Skyraider, is very good it used all the lessons learned during the war. Honorable mention, the Ju88. My favorite – just because it is so improbable is the He177. A four engine dive bomber ….. just too silly of an idea. |
| Disco Joe | 15 Jun 2016 2:09 p.m. PST |
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| dampfpanzerwagon | 15 Jun 2016 2:22 p.m. PST |
Ju 87 Stuka A classic…..
Tony |
| Fatman | 15 Jun 2016 2:26 p.m. PST |
Vultee Vengeance the 14th Armies flying artillery. Damn forced to agree with Dom again, this is getting to be a habit. Fatman |
| Sundance | 15 Jun 2016 2:37 p.m. PST |
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| Kropotkin303 | 15 Jun 2016 2:46 p.m. PST |
+1 on the Dauntless, but I have a soft spot for pretty well all American carrier planes of WW2. |
| Patrick Sexton | 15 Jun 2016 3:04 p.m. PST |
Dauntless.Nothing else comes close. link |
| Calico Bill | 15 Jun 2016 3:10 p.m. PST |
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| John Armatys | 15 Jun 2016 3:17 p.m. PST |
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| HMSResolution | 15 Jun 2016 3:38 p.m. PST |
Heart said it best: Barracuda. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 15 Jun 2016 3:41 p.m. PST |
Stuka. I think I built five different Stuka kits when I was a kid. |
| skippy0001 | 15 Jun 2016 3:49 p.m. PST |
SBD Dauntless but I would like to see it with the Stuka's 37mm long AT cannon. |
| Yesthatphil | 15 Jun 2016 3:54 p.m. PST |
Soviet PE2 
Phil |
| troopwo | 15 Jun 2016 4:35 p.m. PST |
Barracuda?
Seriously???
It can be assumed that he means, "your favourite dive-bomber that could recover from a dive". Make it a third for the Vultee Vengeance.
Unloved, unrecognized and unsung, but did a heck of a job. As bad as the Barracuda is, I am really waiting for someone to bring up the Buccaneer, hee hee hee,,,. |
| Gunfreak | 15 Jun 2016 4:47 p.m. PST |
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| pogany | 15 Jun 2016 4:47 p.m. PST |
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| brass1 | 15 Jun 2016 5:07 p.m. PST |
SB2C-3 and -4 Helldiver, the models in which the ridiculous catalog of design flaws and shoddy construction was largely eliminated. LT |
| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 15 Jun 2016 5:13 p.m. PST |
SBD Dauntless but as I like the obscure, also the Vultee! |
| Cyrus the Great | 15 Jun 2016 5:30 p.m. PST |
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| mjkerner | 15 Jun 2016 5:34 p.m. PST |
Dauntless. But the Val gets a lot of my love. Beautiful wings, beautiful plane. |
| zippyfusenet | 15 Jun 2016 5:37 p.m. PST |
Mitsubishi Zero. Did more damage to the US Navy than any other. Sure, the bomb often wouldn't release, but then there was no need to recover from the dive. |
| Tgerritsen | 15 Jun 2016 6:19 p.m. PST |
Another Dauntless admirer here. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 15 Jun 2016 6:42 p.m. PST |
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| Tommy20 | 15 Jun 2016 7:46 p.m. PST |
Another vote for the Val. Always liked the wheel covers. |
| Raynman | 15 Jun 2016 8:46 p.m. PST |
Dauntless followed closely by the Stuka |
| jdginaz | 15 Jun 2016 10:30 p.m. PST |
Yet another vote for the SBD Dauntless |
| MHoxie | 16 Jun 2016 1:35 a.m. PST |
B7A2, dual torpedo/dive bomber. |
| Texas Jack | 16 Jun 2016 2:09 a.m. PST |
I suppose Dauntless would be the winner, but I have a soft spot of the Vindicator, especially when I watch the film Dive Bomber. |
| Kelly Armstrong | 16 Jun 2016 4:40 a.m. PST |
Dauntless, those clean lines and menacing up tilt to the wings imply a brooding efficiency and true grit. |
| PVT641 | 16 Jun 2016 5:43 a.m. PST |
So little love for the D3A. I believe that the Val sank more allied shipping than any other Axis dive bomber. |
| Norman D Landings | 16 Jun 2016 5:50 a.m. PST |
Barracuda?! "Weighs six tons,
No front guns,
****-all to rely on,
Oh you know what you can do,
with yer Barracuda II,
Old Iron, Old Iron!" |
| genew49 | 16 Jun 2016 8:36 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 16 Jun 2016 8:39 a.m. PST |
I think the Dauntless was a better dive bomber but my vote goes to the Ju-87 Stuka for sentimental reasons |
| HMSResolution | 16 Jun 2016 9:40 a.m. PST |
Barracuda?
"Seriously??? He asked what my favorite is, not which was objectively the best. |
| Shagnasty | 16 Jun 2016 10:07 a.m. PST |
Another vote for the Dauntless. Three carriers in 5 minutes at Midway. It doesn't get any better than that. |
| John the Greater | 16 Jun 2016 10:29 a.m. PST |
How about the Petlyakov Pe-2 (Pawn)? The Soviets must have like it since they built so many. I would also vote for the Helldiver being on the list. |
