My answer will discuss those three, plus a few other dive bombers. In short, for the usa it would be the dauntless, for japan the d3a, for germany and italy the stuk. The douglas sbd dauntless was sturdy enough for pilots to dive at a nearvertical 80 degrees. Douglas sbd6 dauntless national air and space museum.
In october 1941, the orders came down for vals and kates of the kido butai to received camouflage. Errol flynn as a reckless but honorable surgeon turned test pilot, fred macmurray the flight commander who becomes his friend, in warner bros. At that moment, these vals and kates were in nmf, with silver painted on the fabric surfaces. The sbd scout bomber douglas was the united states navys main carrierbased scoutdive bomber from mid1940 through mid1944. Dive bomber 1941 the death of their wounded pilot friend during surgery recommended by dr. Deutsch espanol francais italiano nederlands portugues. Luftwaffe ju 87 divebomber units 19391941 download online. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. Dive bomber 1941 michael curtiz, errol flynn, fred. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Watch dive bomber 1941 official trailer errol flynn, fred macmurray. A german junkers ju 87 stuka dive bomber attacking a british supply. Fred macmurray double indemnity and errol flynn the adventures of robin hood star in this exciting actionadventure about a crusading scientist who fights to prevent bomber pilots from. Dive bomber 1941 official trailer errol flynn, fred macmurray movie hd a military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a highaltitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Many of the tophatter aircraft were repainted from a colorful scheme to plain gray during the course of filming. Luftwaffe fighter units, mediterranean 194144 during midjanuary 1941, a series of heavy air raids was made on valettas grand harbour, malta, where the british aircraft carrier, illustrious, had sought shelter after suffering severe damage during a luftwaffe dive bomber attack. The tactic dated from an experimental allied sortie in world war i. Torpedo involves a slow lumbering plane carrying a rather large bomb that must be dropped at optimum height at slow speed whilst being shot at by a queue of zeros and also ship guns.
While the supposed star of the movie is the vindicator sb2u dive bomber, these were replaced by more capable douglas sbd dauntless dive bombers by the time pearl harbor was attacked later in the same year this film was produced. The stuka was outdated shortly after the war started but it gets my two thumbs up for being the most feared by its fear factor alone. Watch dive bomber online stream full movie directv. A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. The movie was first released to the world in the usa during august 1941. Watch dive bomber 1941 official trailer errol flynn, fred macmurray movie hd movie trailers on dailymotion. Errol flynn, fred macmurray, and ralph bellamy top the cast, but the real star is technicolorin particular, a special monopack developed to take the color process airborne without the cumbrous threestrip cameras used in the studios. Errol flynn portrays a flight medical researcher and fred macmurray plays. Dive bomber the 1941 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Dive bomber 1941 full movie download full hd youtube. Ww2 dive bomber aircraft 19391945 military factory. With errol flynn, fred macmurray, ralph bellamy, alexis smith.
Goofs during the high altitude pressurized cabin test, after the pilot joe blake fred macmurray passes out and the plane goes into a dive, the plane shown spinning and diving out of control is a shiny dark green plastic toy with no markings, while the actual plane shown flying in earlier views of the test is a lighter military green in color and has u. Dive bomber 1941 stream and watch online moviefone. Dive bomber 1941 official trailer errol flynn, fred macmurray movie hd by movieclips classic trailers. The first major prewar preparedness film to be lensed in technicolor the original prints are gorgeous. Rent dive bomber 1941 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Warners dive bomber was produced during the grey zone of hollywoods prewar attitudes, a time between its firmly isolationist policy of the 1930s, which suppressed and censored any films that attempted to deal with events in europe, and the prointerventionism of mid1941 onwardsuntil the encouragement of frank propaganda. Dive bomber 1941 official trailer errol flynn, fred. There are a total of 46 ww2 dive bomber aircraft 19391945 in the military factory. It was the subject of considerable exploration in the 1920s by u. Douglas sbd dauntless the national wwii museum new orleans. Its not the most hemanly endorsement imaginable, but dive bomber must be the prettiest aviation movie ever made. The sbd was also flown by the united states marine corps, both from land air bases and aircraft carriers. Lee fred macmurray lieutenant commander joe blake ralph bellamy lieutenant commander lance rogers hollywood testimonies towards surgeons of the us navy in their efforts to find solutions to high altitude flying and tigh maneuvers of the new generation.
Released 1941, dive bomber stars errol flynn, fred macmurray, ralph bellamy, alexis smith the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Frank wead wrote this drama about flight surgeons and test pilots trying to solve the problems of highaltitude flying. For a time, the dedicated dive bomber represented one of the greatest threats to land and seabased targets principally showcased in world war 2. All the trivia you can handle about dive bomber, 1941, directed by michael curtiz, with errol flynn, fred macmurray, ralph bellamy. How more accurate were dive bombers compared to regular. Download dive bomber full movie studio dive bomber pelicula completa. Diving bomber combines arcade scroller genre and flysimulator in a universe of world war ii. The bomb gets the parent velocity and direction of the plane at the timing of the drop, which means where your plane poin. To their dismay, doug enrolls in a pilot training course in order to better study the effects of flying on pilots, and both fliers end up participating in his experiments.
Flag images indicative of country of origin and not. Luftwaffe ju 87 dive bomber units 1939 1941 download online. Id take the douglas sbd dauntless, with aichi d3a and junkers 87 not far behind. Dive bomber 1941 monday, march 14th, 2011 marcus brooks. United states marine corps pilots had experimented with the technique as. Only six years after devil dogs of the air, dive bomber provides a another snapshot of naval aviation in san diego, shortly before the pearl harbor attack. Diving towards the target simplifies the bombs trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact throughout the bomb run. Tophatter squadron aircraft appearing in the movie, dive bomber.
Dive bomber 1941 michael curtiz, errol flynn, fred macmurray, ralph bellamy, drama march 19, 2016 a military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a highaltitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. Hood star in this exciting actionadventure about a crusading scientist who fights to prevent bomber pilots from blacking out. Almost six thousand of these planes were built during the period as they were fairly vital to the allied victories in the pacific. The film is notable for both its technicolor photography of preworld war ii united states navy aircraft and as a historical document of the u. Fred mcmurray who did a lot of disney movies does a great job portraying life as a naval aviator in 1941. Dive bomber aka night raider is a video game published in 1988 on dos by u. The squadron of commander joe blake fred macmurray takes off from an aircraft carrier. The death of their wounded pilot friend during surgery recommended by dr. Dive bomber movie 1941 im enjoying a slow watch of this film, over a few evenings, from a tv showing a few weeks ago plot is ok, as is acting but the colour film of us navy planes of the day, in prewar livery is just excellent. This had more impact in the pacific war than any other allied or japanese divebomber. Dive bomber is a 1941 american aviation film directed by michael curtiz and starring errol flynn and fred macmurray.
When dive bomber hit theaters in 1941, americans already sensed the u. Dive bomber is a 1941 american aviation film directed by michael curtiz and starring errol. Dive bomber 1941 official trailer errol flynn, fred macmurray. Dive bombers were extremely accurate for the time, being able to score directly on a moving tank, a narrow bridge, or a ship. Some great info on this thread but im going to try and approach the question posing as a newly qualified usn pilot in 1941 who is asked torpedo or dive bomber. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Luftwaffe ju87 divebomber units 19391941, peter c smith.
Fred macmurray double indemnity and errol flynn the adventures of robin hood star in this exciting actionadventure about a crusading scientist who fights to prevent bomber pilots from blacking out. The time has come for my aviationmovie post on dive bomber, about which i have written before in a different light. Dive bomber 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dive bomber, in early military aircraft, a plane that was designed to dive directly at a target, release bombs at low altitude, level off abruptly, and depart.
Dive bomber 1941 and you call yourself a scientist. Dive bomber 1941 original trailer trailer clip dive bomber 1941 original trailer dive bomber 1941 original trailer airing. There are a total of 51 dive bomber attack aircraft entries in the military factory. Information and translations of dive bomber in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
Fred macmurray double indemnity and errol flynn the adventures of robin hood star in this exciting actionadventure about a crusading scientist who fights to. A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a highaltitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. The best dive bomber during world war ii while i think that the sbd dauntless was not only the best dive bomber but it certainly made the most important contribution to the usa in the pacific. Navy experience with dive bombing went back to the early years of naval aviation. Doug lee errol flynn earns him the wrath of navy fliers joe blake fred macmurray and tim griffin regis toomey. Dive bomber contributor names michael curtiz director max steiner composer. The douglas sbd dauntless is a world war ii american naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by douglas aircraft from 1940 through 1944. A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a. This was just a few months before the attack on pearl harbor on 7th december 1941. Gold ltd its an action and simulation game, set in an arcade, flight, historical battle specificexact, shooter, world war ii and fps themes, and was also released on commodore 64, amstrad cpc, atari st and apple ii.
Doug lee errol flynn earns him the wrath of navy fliers joe blake fred macmurray and tim griffin. Junkers ju87b1 stuka divebomber museum quality fine scale model aircraft for sale. On 21 october 1941 nizam was part of a convoy which came under stuka dive bomber attack while evacuating australian infantry rats of tobruk to alexandria. The us navys primary divebomber at the wars start, the bomber earned its reputationand helped earn victoryat the 1942 battle of midway, sinking four japanese carriers. Rent dive bomber 1941 starring errol flynn and fred macmurray on dvd and bluray.
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