Who invented bomber

The tail gunner had a separate pressurized area that could only be entered or left at altitudes that did not require pressurization. The B used the high-speed Boeing airfoil, and its larger Fowler flaps added to the wing area as they increased lift.

The Soviet-built copy of the B was called the Tupolev Tu The earliest Bs were built before testing was finished, so the Army established modification centers where last-minute changes could be made without slowing expanding assembly lines.

Boeing built a total of 2, Bs at plants in Wichita, Kan. The Bell Aircraft Co. Martin Co. It was several tons heavier than the prototypes and bristled with armament. It was the first Boeing airplane with the distinctive — and enormous — tail for improved control and stability during high-altitude bombing. Each version was more heavily armed. Thank you for making such a good airplane. Boeing Plant 2 built a total of 6, Bs in various models, and another 5, were built under a nationwide collaborative effort by Douglas and Lockheed Vega.

Only a few Bs survive today, featured at museums and air shows; most were scrapped at the end of the war. The Ilya was a formidable plane, fitted with up to seven machine guns and a bomb load weighing up to 1, lb. It also undertook long-range reconnaissance missions on occasion. It holds the record as the first military aircraft to have an enclosed cabin. First appearing in March , the Caudron G. IV was a two-engine French bomber. It was equipped with a free-firing Vickers or Lewis machine-gun in its front cockpit and, sometimes, a second machine gun over its top wing that could fire behind.

The G. It could carry a lb kg bomb load and it became a common sight in the skies above the Western Front between November and the Autumn of , when it was replaced with the Caudron R. The aircraft that never received an official name. The Short Bomber was designed by the Short Brothers in It consisted of a two man crew: a pilot and an observer, who operated a free-firing Lewis gun. Its engine was the h. Rolls-Royce Eagle and its bombs were transported under the wings. The Bomber usually carried either four lb kg or eight lb 51 kg bombs and they began seeing service midway through With a h.

It could carry a bomb load of up to lb kg and was equipped with either a machine gun or a Hotchkiss cannon in the front cockpit. Fitted with two h. They saw service from November until the end of the war, predominantly as night bombers tasked with destroying German U-boat bases, railway stations and industrial centres.

Away from the Western Front, they also saw service in the Aegean, in Palestine and partook in the bombing of Constantinople. Carrying a three-man crew, the G. III appeared in early as an improvement to its predecessor, the G. It was a twin-engine, three-bay biplane that could carry around 1, lb kg worth of bombs.

III was also heavily-defended, being equipped with either single or twin Parabellum guns in both the front and rear cockpits. The Gotha G. IV was the first major production model of the famous German Gothas.

It was agile for its size, well defended and soon gained a fearsome reputation in Western Europe. It went into service in March and served as a daytime bomber. Later that year, in late May, a Gotha G.

IV squadron made its first bombing raid on southern England — the first of many.