Aircraft designed to attack troops, vehicles and targets on the ground in close support of armies, including the dive bombers of the Second World War and the armoured attack aircraft that followed. An entry belongs here when the cited article names a ground-attack aircraft or dive bomber. It excludes fighters, strategic bombers and transports. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Junkers Ju 87 - Wikipedia
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The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.
Ilyushin Il-2 - Wikipedia
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The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War.
Wikipedia: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
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The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, also widely known by the nickname Warthog, is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF).
Petlyakov Pe-2 - Wikipedia
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The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Russian: Петляков Пе-2, nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II.
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