Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Dive Bombers

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  1. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    54:45Dive-bomber mission kills and the danger of torpedoesNotable Point
  2. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    18:12The Blackburn Skua's incompatible rolesChapter
  3. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    21:25Why wartime aircraft development favors specializationChapter
  4. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    42:05How mixed air attacks divided a fleet's attentionNotable Point
  5. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    20:44The D1A and Hikari move beyond straightforward licensingChapter
  6. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:02:02Was the D4Y intended for a Pearl Harbor operation?Notable Point
  7. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:08:32The D4Y's delayed arrival reduces its early-war valueChapter
  8. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:24:07The D3A combines combat experience with a strong engineChapter
  9. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:27:10D3A testing fixes instability and meets a demanding dive requirementNotable Point
  10. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    37:07Shokaku-class air groups and strike compositionNotable Point
  11. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    45:01Fire kills and the case for more dive bombersNotable Point
  12. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    1:16:04British harbor-attack specializationChapter
  13. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    11:10S.24/37 asks one carrier aircraft to do three jobsChapter
  14. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    48:12Air Ministry politics leave Britain short of dive bombersChapter
  15. Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:24:02The Helldiver's timing problemQ&A
  16. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    15:47Why high-altitude dives obscured Coral Sea targetsNotable Point
  17. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    29:23The cost of uncoordinated Midway air attacksChapter
  18. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:33:35Albacore and Skua reputations after TarantoNotable Point
  19. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:59:15Why France pursued twin-engine carrier attack aircraftQ&A
  20. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:31:31A Canadian-built Helldiver strike on TirpitzQ&A
  21. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:06:23A Helldiver squadron against Tirpitz's air defencesNotable Point
  22. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    48:08Brewster's early work did not prepare it for mass productionNotable Point
  23. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    1:17:21Vindicator experience and the failed Brewster BuccaneerQ&A
  24. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    1:20:29Why Vindicator experience mattered to the SBDQ&A
  25. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    1:59:56Why the Hawker Henley would not rescue land-based dive bombingQ&A
  26. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    2:12:21The Vultee Vengeance beyond target-tug serviceQ&A
  27. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    3:06:12Why 1930s carrier air groups divided missionsQ&A
  28. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:22:01A Taranto exercise shows why dive bombers matteredNotable Point
  29. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:27:20Institutional barriers to early Royal Navy air-launched rocketsQ&A
  30. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    4:54:39Why late-war US carriers carried more fightersQ&A
  31. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:08:35British air groups and the declining role of dive bombersNotable Point
  32. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:19:28Hornet is overwhelmed despite defensive doctrineChapter
  33. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:25:22Enterprise survives the second waveChapter
  34. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    22:27Making attacks count against armoured carriersQ&A
  35. Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier
    9:59An earlier Fritz X would displace dive-bomber investmentChapter
  36. Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!
    1:33:31Why the Fleet Air Arm passed on the Brewster BermudaQ&A
  37. Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!
    2:12:57Choosing a replacement for the Brewster BermudaQ&A
  38. Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!
    3:32:57More Skuas instead of Blackburn RocsQ&A
  39. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    1:03:36Three-aircraft sections and attack geometryNotable Point
  40. Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 4
    49:44The prone-pilot SM.93 dive-bomber experimentNotable Point
  41. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    42:03Coral Sea tests Lexington's wartime carrier valueNotable Point
  42. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    29:00The first air group favors rugged, easy-to-fly aircraftNotable Point
  43. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    14:12Did pilots' preference for the Dauntless settle the Helldiver comparison?Q&A
  44. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    21:06Why range could not give the Helldiver a unique missionNotable Point
  45. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    21:46How could fighters escort a longer-ranged Helldiver strike?Q&A
  46. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    1:35:18A better engine for the Blackburn SkuaQ&A
  47. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    3:24:34Why a capable dive bomber could still be obsolete in KoreaQ&A
  48. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:20:27The nine-aircraft ZRCV needed a stronger investment caseNotable Point
  49. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    0:18Why the SB2C Helldiver's reputation needs contextChapter
  50. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    8:02Why the Dauntless was the wrong technical baselineChapter
  51. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    15:21What the Helldiver's performance figures actually showNotable Point
  52. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    25:32A rival designer's measured verdict on the HelldiverNotable Point
  53. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    32:52A capable loadout built on a troubled airframeChapter
  54. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    40:17From hundreds of changes to combat over RabaulChapter
  55. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    56:12The Helldiver matured as dive bombing lost its placeChapter
  56. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    58:54How Fleet Air Arm priorities changed by 1943Notable Point
  57. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:01:28How the A-25 Shrike lost its intended missionChapter
  58. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:04:31Why specialized dive bombing declinedChapter
  59. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:07:18Why French and Greek forces kept using the HelldiverChapter
  60. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:08:56The Helldiver's procurement lessonChapter
  61. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    51:47The difference between obsolete aircraft and obsolete requirementsQ&A
  62. The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 8
    10:06The Ju 87C carrier conversion stalled in prototype testingChapter
  63. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    49:43Lexington and Saratoga's carrier-numbered squadronsChapter
  64. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:03:52Why torpedo bombers and dive bombers divergedQ&A
  65. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    40:31Torpedo bombers remained the proven carrier ship-killersNotable Point
  66. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:42:36Bomb-hit location shaped small-warship survivalNotable Point
  67. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    10:19The unrotated projectile as an aerial minefieldChapter
  68. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    24:37What Britain's experimental 16.7 mm AA gun might addQ&A
  69. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    1:21:21The Hawker Henley as a Fairey Battle alternativeQ&A
  70. Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane
    43:30Converting Blackburn Rocs into more useful SkuasQ&A
  71. What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?
    32:08What earlier Blackburn Skua procurement changesQ&A
  72. Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 76
    2:24:38A mature naval dive-bomber and fighter pipelineChapter
  73. Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 76
    2:26:22Making ships visible for a night dive-bomber attackNotable Point
  74. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:09:21Exercises understated destroyer air-attack riskQ&A
  75. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    40:52Why naval anti-aircraft fire did not need a killChapter
  76. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:01:12Why the old Mississippi-class ships were combat-obsoleteQ&A
  77. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:25:45Recasting the Blackburn Skua as a strike aircraftQ&A
  78. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    1:00:00Prewar planning for a Hawaiian air raidChapter
  79. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    1:14:02Vought SBU Corsair as an early American dive bomberNotable Point
  80. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    1:28:22Aichi D1A and Japan's dive-bomber investmentNotable Point
  81. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:12:10Curtiss SBC Helldiver and the retractable-undercarriage debateChapter
  82. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:15:07The Skua's accurate dive bombing and limited powerChapter
  83. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:22:23Could the Hawker Henley have replaced the Skua?Q&A
  84. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:54:00The capable Loire-Nieuport LN.401 dive bomberNotable Point
  85. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:59:11The balanced carrier air group planned for JoffreQ&A
  86. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:00:07The Albacore's dive-bombing capabilityNotable Point
  87. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
  88. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    4:25International sight development and Air Ministry resistanceChapter
  89. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    6:01A moving-warship requirement diluted at committeeNotable Point
  90. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    7:04Attack geometry against moving fleetsNotable Point
  91. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    9:33Glide bombing versus naval dive bombingNotable Point
  92. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    11:44Gyroscopic release and single-bomb accuracyChapter
  93. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    14:29Contacting altimeters, release height, and anti-aircraft fireNotable Point
  94. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    16:17The multi-directional ring-sight dead endNotable Point
  95. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    18:02What the Skua book reveals about naval aviationNotable Point
  96. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:13:21An early Fairey Barracuda in the MediterraneanQ&A
  97. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:52:33Torpedo bombers as formation-breaking weaponsNotable Point
  98. Bruships 34: Random History
    2:16:42The XBT-1 specification for vertical carrier dive bombingChapter
  99. Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes
    0:14How the Royal Navy shaped the Skua specificationChapter
  100. Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes
    1:39Königsberg and the Skua's short technological leadChapter
  101. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:34:11A better British dive-bomber starts with a stronger SkuaQ&A
  102. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:39:27Better bombsights reduced the need for dedicated dive-bombersQ&A