Bombers ...
Publisher: Crowell
Published: 1944
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Airplanes, Military.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: 1. A Short History of Bombers i; title: 2. Heavy Bomber 12; title: 3. The Flying Fortress 22; title: 4. The Liberator 42; title: 5. British Heavies: Lancaster and Halifax 57; title: 6. Stirling, Wellington, and Whitley 75; title: 7. American Medium Bombers 83; title: 8. British Medium Bombers 104; title: 9. The Boston 111; title: 10. The Mosquito 119; title: 11. Dive Bombers 127; title: 12. Torpedo Bombers 137; title: 13. Patrol Bombers 143; title: 14. Russian Bombers 156; title: 15. Axis Bombers 160; title: 16. The Future 179; title: Index 189; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Liberator gunner watches fleeing planes; title: Auto-pilot brings shattered Fortress home; title: Close-up view of damage to Fortress; title: Early Flying Fortress, the YB-17; title: Fortress blasts Gizo Island in the Solomons; title: Fortress raid on Marienburg, Germany; title: Liberators over Ploesti, Rumania; title: Liberator over Japanese Nauru; title: Liberators raid Bastia, Corsica; title: R.A.F. Lancasters on a daylight mission; title: Halifax bombers in the Middle East; title: R.A.F. Halifax receives its bomb load; title: R.A.F. Stirling in flight; title: R.A.F. Stirling is fueled before its take-off; title: Marauders create destruction in North Africa; title: Mitchells on Yugoslavian raid; title: Mitchells raid Wewak harbor; title: R.A.F. Hudsons on action patrol; title: Refreshment for Hudson wireless operator; title: Boston bomber is "Pilot's Pet"; title: Bostons lay smokescreen for paratroopers at Lae; title: R.A.F. Mosquito in flight; title: Mosquito, almost torn apart, makes its base; title: Dauntless dive bombers on Atlantic mission 148; title: Dauntless screams down in near-vertical dive 149; title: Helldiver in flight 164; title: Buccaneer ready to peel off in dive; title: Avenger looses its torpedo; title: Catalina drops a depth charge 180; title: Aleutian-based Catalinas return to their seaplane tender 180; title: Catalina beached for repairs 181