The task of dive bombing was assigned to the Dauntless bombers.
Just like its name, the pilots of Dauntless were dauntless at the risk of being shot down when they dived to the enemy ships with high speed. In the Battle of Midway, Dauntless set an unprecedented record and destroyed the pride of the Japanese Navy, which made the name Dauntless remembered forever by later generations.
In the picture the Dauntless squadrons were descending in sequence, ready to start the attack.
