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4-engines were mainly the purview of strategic bombers during WWII. The Allied examples were more famous, but the Axis also made their fair share.
I was living in a pub called the New Inn in Stoke Coventry. It was opposite the cricket ground. One day, when I was only 7 years old — must have been the beginning of 1940 — I heard a plane ...
Five Best Bombers of World War II These admittedly highly subjective five Best Lists are virtually guaranteed to generate controversy, as no matter how much you justify your opinions with solid ...
From the Manchester to the B-32, these Allied heavy bombers showcase air power's rapid evolution of purpose, design, and impact during World War II.
AP Photos: WWII Bomber Crash Left 11 Dead and 'Non-Recoverable.' 4 Are Finally Coming Home WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the ...
The remains of four crew members, once believed to be nonrecoverable, are beginning to return to their hometowns after a remarkable investigation by family members and a recovery mission involving ...
A TBM Avenger, the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, will visit the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford for one day on April 16.
The World War II era saw the development and scaled use of high-impact war planes for the first time, ushering in a new era of warfare.
As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before cr… ...
Researchers from the University of Delaware and the U.S. military have discovered 5 B-24 Liberator bombers in the Adriatic Sea. The bombers were lost while returning from missions, plunging into ...
The Niagara Aerospace Museum will be hosting historic WWII bombers for the first five days of September.