If you want to avoid being bombed - dive. Well they bomb you anyway but you have better chances to survive.
If you have to stay surfaced and want to minimize the bombing effect turn to a perpendicular course of the incoming aircraft. Most divebombers drop good in direction but not in range. Some/many bombs will fall short or pass you. Liberators do an aeral bombing anyway. Your gunners will hit incoming aircrafts but miss those passing you because they fail to lead the target.
You can help your gunners with turning your boat accordingly to compensate their misleading. They may hit the tail empennage.
You may have a chance against one or two attackers but they will cause damage and probably kill some of your men with their guns.
Some aircraft stay close to your boat after their inicial run - especially when hit. If there are no more incoming targets switch to "fire at will" and hope for the best. Sometimes your gunners manage to finish a damaged bee.
Well consider being under fire the whole time.
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