Bombers of World Wars I and II

Anness Publishing Ltd, 2005

An illustrated A-Z catalogue of bombers from the early attacks of 1914 through to the Blitz, the Dambusters and the atomic bomb raids. Over300 colour and black and white archive photographs are included. The book is a guide to over 65 bomber aircraft, including the early Gotha bombers of WW1, the Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber of the Spanish Civil War, the Heinkel 111 of the Blitz, the Lancaster Dambusters and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb in 1945. There are detailed specification boxes for every aircraft, with information about country of origin, first flight, power, armament, size, weights and performance. It also features a history of bombers from the early improvised bombers of WW1, from which bombs were thrown over the side by hand, through to their powerful successors in WW2...