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Kategorie:b4

 
 

Consolidated B 24 H Liberator, USA, 1939 , Heavy long range bomber 

 

 
 

Handley Page HP 57 Halifax B Mk III, United Kingdom, 1939 , Long range bomber 

 

 
 

Piaggio P. 108 B, Italy, 1939 , Heavy bomber 

 

 
 

Savoia Marchetti SM 82 Canguru, Italy, 1939 , Heavy bomber / Transport 

 

 
 

Focke Wulf FW 191, Germany, 1940 , Heavy bomber 

 

 
 

Heinkel He 177 A Greif, Germany, 1940 , Heavy Bomber 

 

 
 

Douglas XB 19 A, USA, 1941 , Prototype heavy long range bomber / Transport aircraft 

 

 
 

Avro 683 Lancaster Mk I, United Kingdom, 1942 , Long range bomber 

 

The Lancaster was derived from the Avro Manchaster. It was became the standard bomber of the RAF during WW II. Some 7000 were build of all models. After the war, several were in use as transports, sea sureil- lance aircraft etc.

 
 

Boeing B 17 E Flying Fortress, USA, 1942 , Heavy Bomber 

 

The B17 was, together with the B24 Liberator, the standard bomber of the US Air Force. B17 were seen in Reports and movies much more often, but with 8400 units build, the B17 had the smaller part of the war missions.

 
 

Boeing B 29 Superfortress, USA, 1942 , Heavy strategic bomber 

 

The B29 was build to follow the B17 and B24. It was designed for high-altitude missions with remote con- trolled guns. The Superfortress was in service mostly in the pacific theatre, where the "Enola Gay" dropped the first nuclear bomb over Hiroshima.

 
 

Consolidated B 32 Dominator, USA, 1942 , Strategic bomber 

 

 
 

Vickers 447 Windsor, United Kingdom, 1943 , Heavy bomber 

 

 
 

Blohm & Voss Bv P 188, Germany, 1944 , Jet bomber for great heights 

 

 
 

Avro 694 Lincoln B Mk. I, United Kingdom, 1945 , Strategic Bomber 

 

The Lincoln was build to follow up the Lancaster as a strategic bomber, but it was too late to see action in WWII. 528 were build and were on duty some time after the war.

       

 

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