Planes dive to get airflow over the wings where the air is thicker. The thicker the air the better the airflow. Planes also dive in stall. Stall is where the plane can no longer fly areodynamicly. Hope this helped.
IJN Kate torpedo planes USN Avenger torpedo planes IJN Val dive bombers USN Dauntless dive bombers IJN Zero fighters USN Hellcat fighters (Specifically designed by Grumman to kill the Zero)
When a fighter "takes a dive" it means he intentionally loses the fight, the "dive" being a fall.The term "dive" when referring to aircraft...and not specifically to "dive bombers", means to crash. Example(s): "...he took a dive...", "he dove in", "...he dived in...", "...he went in...", etc."Takes a dive" does seem to have a different meaning then simply "dive". When a planes dives, it just noses over and goes straight down or at least at a steep angle.
The proper submarine/naval term is the Helmsman, who controls the rudder and dive planes.
Warships from both sides were using their ship's AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery). The fighting occurred strictly between warplanes: Fighters, Dive Bombers, and Torpedoe Bombers. Planes fought planes, and planes ATTACKED ships.
Submarines change their depth by use of ballast tanks. To dive, they open their tanks so that they become filled with water. They also angle their dive planes. To surface, they pump the water out of their tanks and fill them with pressurised air.
Kate torpedo planes, Val dive bombers, and Zero fighters. For fighting at sea; dive bombers destroy the warships anti-aircraft guns which enables the torpedo planes to make their torpedo runs into the hull of the target. Torpedo planes have to fly directly into the warships guns. For anti-aircraft gun crews, the oncoming torpedo plane is flying directly into them, the gun-crews don't have to adjust or aim...just point at a dot (the plane) that is getting bigger and bigger (easier and easier to hit) as it gets closer. Which is why the dive bomber is so important; it must eliminate those guns. The Zero fighters escort the torpedo & dive bombers to and from the target. The fighters protect the bombers; and if not needed for aerial combat (dog-fighting), the fighters will join in on the attack...strafing targets with machinegun and cannon fire.
Twin engine Betty medium bombers; A6M Zero fighters; Kate torpedo planes, Val dive bombers; Kawasaki 61's and 100's were a few of them.
Kate Torpedo Airplanes, Val Dive Bombers, Zero Fighter Planes, Mini-Submarines launched from Mother Submarines.
Nakajima B5N1 "Kate" torpedo bomber, Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber, and Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter.
One sample: IJN Akagi-18 Zero Fighters, 18 Val Dive Bombers, 27 Kate Torpedo Bombers
The first attack wave, consisting of 49 bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 51 dive bombers, and 43 fighter aircraft; this was followed by a second wave of 54 bombers, 78 dive bombers, and 36 fighters. 414 Japanese aircraft, 390 American aircraft. That's 804 planes but most of the American ones weren't even in the air.
The stuka dive bomber,the mechsershmit fok wolf 0 90,the b f 109 fighter.And others i cant remember