Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-22 | Page 5 | Army Unleashes New Dive Bomber

Army y Unleashes New Dive Bom Bomber her WITH ARMY IN ARKANSAS Aug 22 The JP-The The army's new Douglas dive bomber which air officers claim will outperform the dreaded German was used in a coordinated attack with ground forces for the first time Friday Sweeping along a mile 16 front frontIn In three separate assaults starting starting starting start start- ing at dawn the squat-bodied squat planes plummeted from the sky repeatedly toward token enemy troops deploying over the rolling heavily wooded terrain Pretending Pretending Pretending Pretend Pretend- ing to drop bombs when their machines came within a few hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred feet of the ground they immediately roared upward two or three thousand feet to get set for another dive The Douglas A are the newest In compact bombing aviation avia avla- tion Acquired by the army from the navy they fly on the level at atmore atmore atmore more than miles an hour and andare andare andare are equipped d with wing slots to reduce speed to about M MPH P H Hin Hin in the dive earthward Manned by a crew of two the light winged low-winged bomber can carry one pound 1100 or two pound bombs 1