The German Stuka was this type of plane named for the way it zoomed toward the ground to deliver its ordnance
Diving towards the target 
simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot .... A dive bomber was 
vulnerable to low-level ground fire as it dived towards its target, since it was often 
headed in a straight... [DOC] [TLE] Junkers Ju 87 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") was a 
German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.