Dive Bomber

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Dive Bomber movie poster.

Movie (1941)

Starring:
Errol Flynn (Lieutenant Douglas S. Lee)
Fred MacMurray (Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake)
Ralph Bellamy (Lieutenant Commander Lance Rogers)

Hollywood testimonies towards surgeons of the US Navy in their efforts to find solutions to high altitude flying and tigh maneuvers of the new generation airplanes.

Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator

Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator of VB-3 "Black Panther", U.S. Navy.

Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator of VS-41, U.S. Navy.

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator of VT-3 "Dragons", U.S. Navy.

Brewster F2A Buffalo

Curtiss SBC-2

Curtiss SOC-2

With its black cowling, here on wheels (usually on floats).

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-1 Canary

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, s/n 2590.

Consolidated PB2Y Coronado

Sorry about the poor screenshot ! The four engines, twin tails and yellow wings with a natural metal fuselage is a Consolidated PB2Y Coronado.

Another one is seen in flight among the flypast at the end of the movie (sorry for the small size of this screenshot).

Grumman F3F-3

Ryan ST-A

Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina

Lockheed L-10A Electra

North American SNJ-3

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

(screenshot needed)

Northrop BT-1

Northrop BT-1 of VB-5 "Red devils" but wearing the VS-41 badge. Only 54 of this aircraft have been built.

Northrop BT-1 with a mechanic on its wing.

Flight Simulators

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Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver

The type entered service in 1943. In 1941, it was in flight testing since the beginning of the year.

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See also

• Dive Bomber at IMDb
• Dive Bomber at Wikipedia