Plane & Pilot - August 2018

6 AUGUST 2018 ÇPlane&Pilot

Bombers

First bombing: 1911, just eight years after

[OLÄYZ[ÅPNO[I`[OL>YPNO[Z

Place:3PI`H0[HSV;\YRPZO>HY

Payload:ZWLJPHSS`KLZPNULKZ[LLSIVTIZJVU[HPUPUNWPJYPJHJPK

Casualties:aLYV

First purpose-built bombers: 1913,

)YPZ[VS;))YP[PZOHUK[OL*HWYVUP*H0[HSPHU

First use in war:5V]LTILY 

Maximum Payload:WV\UKZ

First strategic bombing:>>0JP[`VM(U[^LYW)LSNP\T

Other W WI bombers: ALWWLSPUZ

^OPJOKYVWWLKIVTIZVU[V^UZULHY3VUKVU

Deaths from these attacks:

Max payload:HWWYV_PTH[LS`WV\UKZ

Loss rate for Zeppelins:WLYJLU[

Casualties from bombing in WWII:HZTHU`HZTPSSPVUVUHSSZPKLZ

Most-produced bomber W WII:

*VUZVSPKH[LK)3PILYH[VYI\PS[

Top speed: TWO

Number of airworthy B-24s remaining worldwide:

Most famous WWII Allied Bomber:)VLPUN)

3PILYH[VYWYVK\JLK

Top speed:TWO

Bomb payload:WV\UKZSVUNYHUNL

[VWV\UKZZOVY[YHUNL

Most produced Axis bomber:1\URLYZ1\

SPNO[T\S[PYVSLIVTILY

First jet bomber:.LYTHU(YHKV(Y)SP[a

Number produced:

Top speed:TWO

Biggest payload W WII bomber:

)VLPUN) :\WLYMVY[YLZZWV\UKZ

Most famous B-29:,UVSH.H`

Best-known mission:KYVWWLK[OLH[VTIVTI

VU/PYVZOPTH(\N\Z[ 

Power of that bomb:RPSV[VUZVM;5;

([VTPJIVTIKYVWWLKVU5HNHZHRPVU(\N\Z[  

Power of the Nagasaki bomb:RPSV[VUZ

Deaths from the two bombings:HWWYV_PTH[LS`

Largest piston engine bomber:

*VU]HPY) ̧7LHJLTHRLY¹

Wingspan:MLL[)VLPUNZWHU MLL[

B-36 Number of engines:ZP_7YH[[

>OP[UL`>HZW

4HQVYJ`SPUKLYZOWLHJO

3H[LY)TVKPÄJH[PVU!(KKLKQL[LUNPULZ

Top speed:TWO

First US intercontinental all-jet bomber:)VLPUN) 

Top speed:TWO

Propulsion:7YH[[

>OP[UL`;-

[\YIVMHUZSIZ[OY\Z[LHJO

Range:\W[VTPSLZ\UYLM\LSLK

First stealth bomber:/VY[VU/V 

QL[LUNPULWV^LYLKÅ`PUN^PUN 

Current stealthy heavy bombers:5VY[OY\W.Y\TTHU):WPYP[

Top speed:4HJO 

Ordinance payload:WV\UKZ

WV\UKZSLZZ[OHU[OL)