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...

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...

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...

bombers normally performed a coordinated attack on enemy carriers with Aichi D3A dive bombers. Ideally, dive bombers would help to suppress the ship's...

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...

Harbor, scenes reproduced in monochrome from Tora! Tora! Tora! featured Aichi D3A Val dive bombers, Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters and Nakajima B5N Kate torpedo...

for the Imperial Japanese Navy, but no production followed, with the Aichi D3A being selected instead. In 1936, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service...

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"...

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...

1337981°N 136.8969623°E / 35.1337981; 136.8969623 Aichi Kokuki KK (愛知航空機株式会社, Aichi Kōkūki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi Aircraft Co., Ltd.) was a Japanese aerospace...