I am fascinated by the concept of the high altitude bomber. At first it seems a clear concept: a bomber so high it is difficult to shoot down by interceptors or anti-aircraft guns. The most famous one is probably the Junkers Ju 86 which was used in small numbers as a recon and as a bomber. But...
In the Battle of Britain, the Hurricane shot down about twice as many Nazi (german) aircraft, compared to the Spitfire.
How many bombers (HE-111, Stuka, etc) did the Hurricane shoot down and how many bombers did the Spitfire shoot down?
And how many German fighter were shoot down (Hurricane vs...
There's a short book available for purchase at Amazon.com titled German Air Projects 1933-1945, Volume 3: Bombers.
This book contains all German bomber designs of the Nazi era that either remained paper projects or reached the prototype stage but didn't go into production. Ironically, this...
This new one was just put up by Zeno's Warbirds. I know it's not the 303rd (sorry, Bill), ;) but it's not bad. It covers the group from their Atlantic crossing well into the thick of the fighting.
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-Irish
Does anyone have any info about these units and their combat history? Also any idea why they didn't try to use obsolete French bombers like the LeO 20 or even 451? Even the MS.230 was the same as the Go 145 that made up the bulk of the night harassment squadrons (according to what limited info...
During World War II, the practice of customizing aircraft with drawings and pin ups reached the maximum creativity. I share with you some of the most curious nose arts created by the crews of B-25 Mitchell bombers. To see them, visit the link below:
Aviação em Floripa: B-25 Mitchell e...
Has anyone got any evidence to support the often repeated contention that it was Goering that ordered the Bf 109s of the various Jagdgeschwader on the Channel front to fly close escort for the bombers during what we Brits call the BoB?
I can find evidence that he was concerned about mounting...
In WWII, The 8th USAAF solved the problem of assembling multiple bomber groups for formation under radio silence by using war weary B-24s and sometimes B-17s either garishly painted, or lit as flying assembly points. The reason for the assembly ships was to give USAAF bombers a visual aid to...
My favorite flavor of the bombers :)
How real were they an asset (if a country had them), were they neglected or maybe too much emphasized, what were the options if a country wanted them. How to forestall the attack undertaken by fast bombers, how well they performed against an opponent with...
Having looked at the specs of the two medium bombers, which was better the A-26 or Ju88?
Douglas A-26 Invader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Junkers Ju 88 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So which were the best bombardment aircraft of the axis, not including dive bombers and torpedo bombers, or other speciality type bombers, in 1941?
The number of types from which to choose is more restricted than for Allied types I suspect.
A companion thread to Tomo's fighter thread.
Which 3 bombers were the best available (in production and service/combat) for the Allies in 1941.
They could be light, medium, heavy, strategic, tactical, torpedo or dive bomber. Or any other category of bomber I have missed.
Deep in the shade that the LW fighters non-intentionally created, the LW bombers reside. How good they were? The missed opportunities? Claims that became 'facts' after years, if not decades of repeating?
To start the ball rolling, here is the excerpt from the He-177 A-3 manual (open the pic...
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I encountered a number of questions in the construction of models of Japanese bombers B6N2 Jill in 48 scale.
Start in order:
1. Quantity of fuel tanks in the aircraft.
I'll try to explain the history of question.
In book "Mechanic of World Aircraft...
Boy, I sure wish that I had found this forum when I was doing research on my book! :oops: Nevertheless, I'm sure it will be a great help with the next one. I'm looking forward to learning more about German heavy lift bombers from you guys. :) Can one of the admins please contact me about...
Hearts of Iron IV - Developer Diary 9 - Vacation and Air tech
US tech tree
German tech tree
I'm a big fan of this WWII strategy game (which is still in pr-alpha). I'd like to hear what you guys think of the air tehcnology aspect of it. The six columns are different classes of aircraft...