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Title: dive bombing question
Post by: MiloMorai on September 05, 2007, 07:03:43 AM

What was the max and typical dive angles of a/c used as dive bombers in WW2?

Ju-87 > 90* max
He 177 > ?
Ju- 88 > ?
Pe-2 > ?

Title: dive bombing question
Post by: Lusche on September 05, 2007, 08:06:37 AM

I can't come up with max angles possible, but a typical (early war) dive bombing attack was conducted at 80° in a Ju-87 and 50° in a Ju 88A-1 / A-5

Here is a document showing illustrated instructions for a divebombing attack at 50°, no wind, in a Ju-88 (in German):


(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3308/ju88divebombmo7.th.gif) (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ju88divebombmo7.gif)