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The Lancaster bomber's secret weapon: The bouncing bomb that breached the Ruhr dams

When the British needed a weapon capable of a near-impossible mission—destroying the mighty Ruhr Valley dams—they turned to the mighty Avro Lancaster. But its standard 18,000-pound bomb load wouldn't ...
The Gazette

Vince Bzdek: 'The biggest undertaking by mankind in the history of the world'

Fighter bombers started attacking German air fields and German garrisons. And then “every aspect of air power was brought to bear on D-Day:” B-17 Flying Fortresses, B-24 Liberators, D-47 Thunderbolts, ...
The National Interest

Heavy Bombers

The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) contributions to the Allied victory in World... Here’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This WW2 RAF Bomber Dealt a Deathblow to the German Economy

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...