| Description |
2-124 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color portrait ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
How the bomber was born -- The first air forces -- Engines and design -- Airship raids on Britain -- Aeroplanes as bombers -- The bombs -- The bomb-sights -- The heavies -- The fighters meet their match -- Between the wars -- War! How the world's bombers lined up -- Structure and design -- Armament -- Engine development -- Radar -- Bombs and bomb-sights -- Bomber operations |
| Summary |
"This book traces the development of the bomber from its earliest beginnings when pilots dropped steel darts, artillery shells and kerosene to the production of jet bombers-the atom bomb."--Dust cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Airplanes, Military.
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Bombers -- History.
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| LC no. |
75317199 |
| ISBN |
0706404106 |
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