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In the News (Sat 14 Nov 09)

  
  Aichi D3A (Val) - Japan
Aichi D3As prepare to takeoff for the attack on United States military installations at Pearl Harbor, December 7,1941.
The Aichi D3A led the first wave of attacks and was the first Japanese aircraft to drop bombs on American targets.
Despite its obsolescence, the D3A took part in all major Japanese carrier operations in the first ten months of the war after the attack on Pearl harbor.
www.aviation-history.com /aichi/d3a.html   (772 words)

  
 Aichi D3A
In Response To: D3A VAL 22 "35-209" (Anthony Noel)
In Response To: Re: D3A VAL 22 "35-209" (Anthony Noel)
In Response To: Re: D3A VAL 22 (Anthony Noel)
www.j-aircraft.com /faq/D3A.htm   (8929 words)

  
 Japanese Aichi D3A and D4A dive-bombers (D Llewellyn James)
The Aichi D3A - Allied reporting-name 'Val' - was the standard Japanese carrier-based dive-bomber during the opening stages of the Pacific War, operating with great effect in the Pearl Harbor attack and in the great carrier battles of 1942, but also suffering heavy losses in those battles.
Despite its importance in these engagements the D3A was produced in only relatively small numbers -
(D4Y1) One 1,200 hp Aichi Atsuta-21 in-line inverted-V12, liquid-cooled (Daimler-Benz 601)
www.compass.dircon.co.uk /jdb.htm   (526 words)

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