The Aichi D3A (Navy designation "Type 99 Carrier Bomber"; Allied reporting name "Val") [a] is a World War II carrier-borne dive bomber. It was the primary dive bomber of the Imperial …

Sōryū (Japanese: 蒼龍, meaning " Blue (or Green) Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was intended to …

In the second wave, Soryu launched nine Type 0 / A6M2 Zeros and seventeen Type 99 / D3A1 Vals. Her Zeros target NAS Kaneohe Bay with one Zero shot down by anti-aircraft fire. …

2019年5月19日 · One of the most important dive-bombers in the Japanese arsenal in its campaign in the Pacific War, the prototype Aichi D3A, known by the Allies as the ‘ Val’, was …

At the Battle of Midway, while Akagi, Kaga and Soryu were sunk, Hiryu made two counterattacks and damaged Yorktown. Eighteen Vals took part in the first attack. Although three 250kg …

2010年2月5日 · SORYU contributed 18 D3A and three A6M to the strike. 18 April 1942: Less CarDiv 5, which detaches with screen to head for New Guinea for "Operation MO" (Battleof …

2012年11月13日 · (combat reports) from Soryu reveal that Lt Comdr Egusa initiated renewed attack in the harbor area with his own bomb drop on USS New Orleans at 0902. Hiryu, Akagi …

2022年4月22日 · The Aichi D3A was innovative as being a cantilever monoplane, unlike the D1A/D2A “Susie” it replaced. It would be adopted in 1939, battle tested in China, and then …

2024年9月29日 · At this time Sōryū embarked 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, 18 Aichi D3A 'Val' dive bombers, and 18 Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers. From a position 230 nautical miles …

The Aichi D3A (Allied code name “Val”) was a World War II dive bomber produced by the Aichi Company in Japan. It was the primary carrier-borne dive bomber in the Imperial Japanese …