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Consolidated B 24 H Liberator, USA, 1939
, Heavy long range bomber |
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Handley Page HP 57 Halifax B Mk III, United Kingdom, 1939
, Long range bomber |
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Piaggio P. 108 B, Italy, 1939
, Heavy bomber |
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Savoia Marchetti SM 82 Canguru, Italy, 1939
, Heavy bomber / Transport |
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Focke Wulf FW 191, Germany, 1940
, Heavy bomber |
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Heinkel He 177 A Greif, Germany, 1940
, Heavy Bomber |
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Douglas XB 19 A, USA, 1941
, Prototype heavy long range bomber / Transport aircraft |
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Avro 683 Lancaster Mk I, United Kingdom, 1942
, Long range bomber |
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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.
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Boeing B 17 E Flying Fortress, USA, 1942
, Heavy Bomber |
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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.
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Boeing B 29 Superfortress, USA, 1942
, Heavy strategic bomber |
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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.
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Consolidated B 32 Dominator, USA, 1942
, Strategic bomber |
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Vickers 447 Windsor, United Kingdom, 1943
, Heavy bomber |
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Blohm & Voss Bv P 188, Germany, 1944
, Jet bomber for great heights |
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Avro 694 Lincoln B Mk. I, United Kingdom, 1945
, Strategic Bomber |
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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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