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  1. Dronescapes

    B-25 Bomber - The Bloody 500. Remembering the 345th Bomb Group, The WW2 Air Apaches

    B-25 Bomber - The Bloody 500. Remembering the 345th Bomb Group, The WW2 Air Apaches https://youtu.be/gf0biybWrSg
  2. X

    It's 'da Bomb!!

    https://youtube.com/shorts/KeSCL0oqcWw?feature=share
  3. M

    Government released WWII US Bomb, charge and torpedo structure, maintenance flight characteristic and component manual

    Government released WWII US Bomb and torpedo structure, flight characteristic and component manual. Please download the following 3 pdf attachments:
  4. anzac1915

    SWPA Douglas A-20 Havocs / Boston's

    Thought I would share some aviation art I have just completed named "Red Sky at Morning" featuring SWPA A-20s in 3 versions. By Mark Donoghue 1. 3rd Bomb Group 2. 312th Bomb Group 3. RAAF 22 Squadron.
  5. B

    B-35 Flying Wing bomb bays

    I am looking for the dimensions of the bomb bays in the B-35 bomber. Several years ago I found a diagram on the web with the info, but I can't seem to find it again. Does anyone have this information?
  6. W

    Ju388 any good?

    What's the assessment of the Ju388? It was a high altitude multi-role aircraft with a wooden pannier to expand the bomb bay. Would it have been any good as a high altitude bomber?
  7. S

    Max Offensive Stores for He 277 Bomb Bay?

    Hello, I was looking at the wikipedia article on the He 277 and it said: As someone not too knowledgeable about German bombs and bomb bays in general, could someone please do some quick caculations on what the heaviest bombload the bomb bay could handle? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  8. Crimea_River

    Wellington Bomb Bay Cookie Mods

    Can anyone provide pictures or drawings of the Vickers Wellington bomb bay showing how it was able to carry the 4000lb "Cookie"?
  9. kool kitty89

    Fighter-Bombers in the late 1930s and the Fw 187

    Continued from the line of discussion that developed following my post here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/horton-ho-229-vs-vampire-43105-5.html#post1199522 According to Curtiss XP-40 "The XP-40 flew for the first time on October 14, 1938, with test pilot Edward Elliot at the...
  10. gjs238

    F-111 for post-911 work

    Would the F-111 have been useful for use in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere with all the post-911 activity? It was a good medium sized bomb truck. Are smaller bomb trucks being used at greater sortie rates to fill its role? Are larger bomb trucks being used to fill its role? Could it have...
  11. Torch

    OOps didn't think about this one. F35b bomb fitting problem

    New Small Diameter Bomb Doesn’t Fit Inside Marine’s F-35B | Military.com
  12. Snautzer01

    Pictorial record of the 401st bomb group.

    Pictorial record of the 401st bomb group / edited ... . - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library
  13. Micdrow

    Soviet WWII bomb manual

    Morning guys, I have been looking for this off and on for a while but has anyone run into a Russian or Soviet WWII bomb manual in English? Many thanks in advance. Paul
  14. Ohm-men

    Looking for 1/48th Lancaster bomb bay doors

    Hi All, I bought a used Tamiya Dambuster/Grand slam kit (which included the Flightpath detail set) Though I'd like to build a regular bomber BI/BIII from this kit. My first impression is that the only real differences between the older kits (Dambuster/Regular Lancaster) is the absence of...
  15. Snautzer01

    Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X, Kramer X-1, PC 1400X or FX 1400, Fritz X glide bomb

  16. fubar57

    JAPANESE BALLOON BOMB FOUND

    A bit late, but posting things from camp is sketchy... Is it a bomb? Object found in B.C. mountains could be live Japanese balloon bomb from WWII Geo
  17. W

    A Memorandum on Bombing Policy and its Influence on Design

    In May 1937 George Volkert, then chief designer at Handley Page, wrote a memorandum about the design of future bomber aircraft and the influence that bombing policy would have on design. In the introduction, he states: He continues: From this we can see that the high speed unarmed bomber...
  18. Thorlifter

    50th reunion of the 485th Bomb Group

    VERY cool!!!! :salute: World War II vets meet for final time
  19. herman1rg

    Bomb loads

    This evening following seeing the Lancasters "Thumper" and "Vera" followed by B-17 "Sally B" today at the Duxford airshow (watched from a field just off flight line) I am given to wonder the following. Supposing each type also including the Halifax and Liberator were on a mission to Essen in...
  20. W

    Building the bouncing bomb

    This one has probably been posted before. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDZSj99kz04
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