The Aichi D3A (Navy designation "Type 99 Carrier Bomber"; Allied reporting name "Val") is a World War II carrier-borne dive bomber. It was the primary...
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The Aichi E13A (Allied reporting name: "Jake") was a long-range reconnaissance seaplane used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1941 to 1945. Numerically...
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Harbor, scenes reproduced in monochrome from Tora! Tora! Tora! featured Aichi D3A Val dive bombers, Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters and Nakajima B5N Kate torpedo...
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development hindered its service while its predecessor, the slower fixed-gear Aichi D3A, remained in service much longer than intended. In October 1944, an attack...
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fighters 18 Aichi D3A,"Val" dive bombers 18 Nakajima B5N,"Kate" torpedo bombers Kaga: 74 aircraft (sunk) 27 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters 18 Aichi D3A,"Val"...
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Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū's air group, en route as escorts for Aichi D3A dive bombers attacking the U.S.S. Yorktown, broke off to engage the SBDs...
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Kakuichi Takahashi) 21 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters (Lt. Takumi Hoashi) 20 Aichi D3A Type 99 "Val" dive bombers (Lt. Masao Yamaguchi) 19 Nakajima B5N Type...
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and built by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal. Derived from the Aichi D3A, it was made nearly entirely of wood in an attempt to conserve valuable...
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The Aichi M6A Seiran (晴嵐, "Clear Sky Storm") is a submarine-launched attack floatplane designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It...
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bombers normally performed a coordinated attack on enemy carriers with Aichi D3A dive bombers. Ideally, dive bombers would help to suppress the ship's...
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