Seventy-five years ago this week, American pilot "Dusty" Kleiss began a near-vertical dive aimed the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, 20,000 feet below. Seconds later, the smoldering Kaga was ...

Jack "Dusty" Kleiss in 1940, in his first solo flight. From Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway.(Jack Kleiss / William Morrow) Texas lost a ...

As a Navy dive bomber pilot during World War II, George J. Walsh survived four crash landings and two kamikaze attacks on ships he was aboard - including one that struck 20 feet from the pilots ...

The SBD Dauntless, nicknamed “Slow But Deadly” by its pilots, is best remembered for its performance at the Battle of Midway, where the dive bomber was credited with sinking four Japanese ...

But as impressive as the “Slow But Deadly” dive bomber’s collective feats at Midway (and beyond) were, the story becomes more impressive upon learning that one individual Dauntless driver ...

The dive bombers McClusky led that day in the Battle of Midway ... Heroic pilot getting his due 75 years after Midway, US Navy will be honored Uncategorized. Jun 4, 2017. Chris Carola.

Navy pilot John Leppla ... When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, ... were credited with downing a Japanese D3A dive bomber ...

More than 13,000 training pilots lost their lives during WWII, including 12 aboard a B-24 that crashed trying to and at what is now Midway Airport ... A-24 Banshee dive bomber crashed ...

The SBD Dauntless, nicknamed “Slow But Deadly” by its pilots, is best remembered for its performance at the Battle of Midway, where the dive bomber was credited with sinking four Japanese ...

In addition to all of the plane’s impressive dive-bombing feats, its crews also put those machine guns to good use: the Dauntless stands out as the only WWII bomber with a positive kill ratio ...