Arguably Japan’s most successful multi-engine bomber was the twin-engine G4M Hamaki (“Cigar”) (Allied reporting name: “Betty” ...

79, an effective Mediterranean torpedo bomber that proved formidable ... far as to call the warbird “The most iconic heavy ...

By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber ... known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one of the ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... It proved invaluable by providing air support to heavy bombers like the B17 Flying Fortresses. While it debuted late ...

On the final night of World War II, hundreds of U.S. Army Air Forces ... have been a curtain call for the world’s preeminent heavy bomber. The following year, most of the thousands of Boeing ...

LONDON, June 2, 1944 (UP) -- R.A.F. heavy bombers, embarked upon a campaign to ruin Nazi rail communications in Western Europe, attacked German targets in enemy-occupied territory again during the ...

As teams of men lifted heavy bombs into the weapons ... and became the American bomber to survive the most missions of World War II. “Two hundred missions are a lot for any ship, but Flak ...

The south-western end of the main runway at Bourn Airfield, which was used as a base for heavy bombers A charity that commemorates major airfields says two new memorials will be placed in ...