The Terrifying Physics of World War II Dive Bombing

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The act of dive bombing during World War II was a death defying trial of skill and nerve. You aimed your aircraft down, four miles above the ocean, and plummeted at speeds of up to 275 miles per hour.

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During the battle of Midway, dive bomber Dusty Kleiss scored a direct hit on the Japanese carrier Hiryu by anticipating its next move: he aimed for where he thought it was going, rather than where it actually was.

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