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Dive Bomber (1941) was a Drama - War Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Lord.

Academy Awards 1941 --- Ceremony Number 14 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyBert GlennonNominated
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Dive Bomber BlogHub Articles:

"Dive Bomber," Starring Errol Flynn and ... Jack Benny?

By David on Dec 23, 2013 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

The 1941 film "Dive Bomber" was released a month or so before the attack on Pearl Harbor. America wasn't yet formally involved in World War II, and it would be a few more months before Jack Warner started strutting around the Warner lot in the Army officer's dress uniform he'd had custom tailored in... Read full article

"Dive Bomber," Starring Errol Flynn and ... Jack Benny?

By David on Dec 23, 2013 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

The 1941 film "Dive Bomber" was released a month or so before the attack on Pearl Harbor. America wasn't yet formally involved in World War II, and it would be a few more months before Jack Warner started strutting around the Warner lot in the Army officer's dress uniform he'd had custom tailored in... Read full article

Dive Bomber(1941).

By Dawn on Aug 15, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Dive Bomber(1941). Directed by Michael Curtiz. It is known for both its beautiful photography of pre-World War II United States Navy aircraft and as a historical document of the US in 1941, including the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, one of the best known World War II US warships. The film was t... Read full article

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This movie was first released to the world in the USA during August 1941. This was just a few months (i.e. about four months) before the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941.
All stills and publicity shots had to be approved by the Naval Intelligence Bureau.
According to the book 'When Hollywood Ruled the Skies: The Aviation Film Classics of World War II' by Bruce Orriss, when the movie was released, the Navy Department provided the new Douglas dive bomber to be displayed in principal cities, and set up recruiting booths by the theaters.
One of the pilots who flew the planes in the film footage was Navy Lt. Edward "Butch" O'Hare. O'Hare served as a fighter pilot in the Pacific and shot down five Japanese planes in his first battle, earning ace status and the Medal of Honor. O'Hare would go on to down 12 planes total and become one of the top heroes of the war before he was killed in action off the Gilbert Islands in November, 1943. O'Hare International Airport in Chicago was later named for him.
This movie functions somewhat as an historical record of the US Navy aircraft carrier the USS Enterprise during World War II, according to the article "A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies" by Jack Hardwick and Ed Schnepf in the book 'The Making of the Great Aviation Films'.
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