The problem is the "Dambuster" Bomb doesn't explode on contact IIRC. It was designed to skip along the water and then be stopped by the dam at which point it sunk and exploded at a certain depth. Although a large enough explosion could break the back of a ship, I highly doubt a damnbuster would do it. Insteand the bombs would skip along the water, hit the CV, and then sink. By the time they sank enough to explode the CV would've moved away.
Secondly torpedo bombers are meat for the 5" guns of a CV fleet so what makes you think a Skip Bomber would do any better?
couldnt it be made tho to detonate on contact, like a torpedo?
and from all the vids ive seen of the dambuster. it seems like it bounces along the water faster than a torpedo travels.
it could be succesful in a way that since it travels faster than a torpedo, it would have a higher chance of hitting the cv than a torpedo.
you have to get right in the cvs face in the front b4 realising the torpedo in order to garruentee a hit, and thats pretty much what makes them cannon fodder.
but with the dam buster, couldnt you realise is a further ways back and the momentum of the drop would bounce it along to target?.
p.s: i know none of this happen in ww2, im just brainstorming an idea.
