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Reactive and adaptive aviation design championed the ingenuity of British engineering and ensured that British bombers continued to dominate the skies throughout the Second World War. Here are five of those groundbreaking bombers that helped to win the war.

The origin of the Vulcan and the other V bombers is linked with early British atomic weapon programme and nuclear deterrent policies. Britain's atom bomb programme began with Air Staff Operational Requirement OR.1001 issued in August 1946.

The "V bombers" were the Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear strike force known officially as the V force or Bomber Command Main Force.

Complete listing of British light, medium and heavy bomber aircraft used during the fighting of World War 2.

2024年6月9日 · World War II saw a range of powerful aircraft take to the skies, but few played as critical a role as the British bombers. Among those, four stood out for their contributions to the Allied victory. From delivering precise bomb loads to engaging in reconnaissance missions, these planes and their crews braved dangerous skies to help turn the tide ...

During World War II, Allied forces united to stop Hitler in his tracks and his thirst for world domination. By 1945, the British had more than 1,500 aircraft and 108 different squadrons. These include everything from light to heavy bombers, each …

British WW2 Aircraft: Avro Lancaster. The Lancaster evolved from the Avro firm’s ill-fated Manchester to become one of the great bombers of World War II. With two Rolls-Royce Vulture engines, the Manchester lacked reliability for combat …

2024年1月7日 · The V bombers, including the Vickers Valiant, Handley Page Victor, and Avro Vulcan, were key to Britain's nuclear deterrent force. The Vickers Valiant was the only bomber of the three to drop live nuclear weapons and was retired by 1965.

2024年12月21日 · Lancaster, the most successful British heavy bomber of World War II. The Lancaster emerged from the response by A.V. Roe & Company, Ltd., to a 1936 Royal Air Force specification calling for a bomber powered by two 24-cylinder Rolls-Royce Vulture engines.