Popularly known as the Douglas Dauntless, the U.S. Navy's SBD dive bomber was well named. Though considered obsolete at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor,

In this illustrated history of dive bombers from around the world, Peter C. Smith takes the reader from the earliest experiments in 1910, through the planes fir

The incredible story of the dive bomber is told through official reports and personal accounts from combat pilots in this sweeping military history. The History

Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies--a test pilot who lives to break the rules and push the envelope. He's a trailblazer--flying higher and faster than any

Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val," the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others. Riveting accounts of aeria