From 40 millimeter Hurricanes to 102 millimeter flying artillery, WW2’s biggest aircraft cannons were supposed to stop tanks and break bomber formations. Instead, guns jammed, jets shook ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

June 12, 1942 In the first American mission against a European target, 12 U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 bomber planes attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania.

Yank bomber boys in norfolk : a photographic record of the USAAF in the second world war / Peter W. Bodle FRAeS ...

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 ...

Archaeological divers have recovered human remains from the wreck of a U.S. bomber that crashed near the Mediterranean island of Malta in May 1943. Scientific analysis by the Defense POW/MIA ...