Re the earlier mention of Eagles and Pelicans...
Stanwell (#8981),
...As 'Dive Bombers', they're superb and I'd noticed that they'll use the same technique as you'd so well described earlier in this thread with the Vultee Vengeance. That is, in a vertical dive, rotating about their longitudinal axis to achieve the required accuracy. They don't often miss...
It's an instinctive thing. A puff of crosswind "weathercocks" you - moves yellow line off target, you screw round to bring it into 12 o'clock, then nose up a fraction to bring it on again.
Downside (for us), you pull-out every which way (for you've no time to keep track of direction on the ground), and only then sort yourself out to find rest of mob. Keeps flak-gunners on their toes, though !
Pelicans "crash" every time, so doesn't affect them.
Now about the wedge-tailed eagle.....
Danny.