Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary

Bomber Command Aircraft of World War II

• Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
• Avro Lancaster
• Avro Manchester
• Bristol Blenheim
• De Havilland Mosquito
• Fairey Battle
• Handley Page Halifax
• Handley Page Hampden
• Short Stirling
• Vickers Wellington

• Lesser Types:
  • Boeing Fortress
  • Douglas Boston
  • Lockheed Ventura

  The Anatomy of a typical Bomber Command Aircraft

  Just click on the links below to view the internal details of a typical Bomber Command aircraft, a Handley Page Halifax, one of its main opponents, the Luftwaffe's Junkers Ju-88C night fighter, and the most common engine of Bomber Command, the Rolls Royce Merlin.

   

  

   

  

   

  

   

   

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