The appearance of the bombers in mass was the turning point in the aerial warfare of World War II. The era of sportsmanlike, ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

In six days U.S. and British bombers dropped 20,000 tons of bombs on Nazi targets. The heavy attacks brought Luftwaffe fighter planes out in force and that was exactly what the Allies, and ...

Previously published in two vols as: Fighters of the Luftwaffe. 1993 - Bombers of the Luftwaffe. 1994. Omnibus ed. first published: 1997.

Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...

(See Cover) There has never before been an air battle such as was fought last week in the sky over Britain. First a wave of German bombers would come over, escorted by more than their own number of ...

The He 111 made its maiden flight on February 24, 1935, and entered into the official operational service of “die Vaterland” later that year. The Heinkel wielded a payload of 4,400 lbs. of bombs in ...

On this day in aviation history, December 21, 1936, the Junkers Ju 88 made its first flight. This aircraft would go on to ...

On the night of August 24/25, 1940, during the Battle of Britain, a small force of German bombers targeting the Thameshaven oil facility went off course and struck numerous buildings across the City ...

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

Focuses on the Arado Ar 234 Blitz (English: lightning), the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company during World War II. Focuses on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ...