No. 5 Group RAF (5 Gp) was a Royal Air Force bomber group of the Second World War, led during the latter part (February 1943 – 1945) by AVM Sir Ralph...
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No. 6 Group RCAF was a group of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) heavy bomber squadrons in Europe during the Second World War, between 1942 and 1945. The...
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a number of Groups. It began the war with Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Groups. No. 1 Group was soon sent to France and then returned to Bomber Command control...
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No. 3 Group RAF (3 Gp) of the Royal Air Force was an RAF group first active in 1918, again between 1923 and 1926, then as part of RAF Bomber Command from...
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Pathfinder (RAF) (redirect from Master Bomber)
and Mosquitoes), 3 Group No. 7 Squadron RAF (Short Stirling heavy bombers), 4 Group No. 35 Squadron RAF (Halifax) and 5 Group No. 83 Squadron RAF (Lancaster)...
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No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group was a special duties group within RAF Bomber Command. The group was formed on 11 November 1943 to consolidate the increasingly...
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RAF Mildenhall (redirect from 491st Air Expeditionary Group)
became No. 1503 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF (1941) No. 3 Group Communications Flight RAF (1937–41 and 1946–64) No. 4 (Bomber) Group RAF No. 5 (Bomber)...
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Northrop B-2 Spirit (redirect from Stealth Bomber)
The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed...
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A strategic bomber is a medium- to long-range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target...
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Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider (redirect from Strike Bomber)
American strategic bomber in development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman. As part of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program...
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as part of No. 6 Group RAF Bomber Command at RAF Cottesmore to train night bomber crews. It later came under the control of No. 92 Group when it reformed...
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Arthur Harris (redirect from Arthur "Bomber" Harris)
War in 1939, Harris took command of No. 5 Group RAF in England, and in February 1942 was appointed head of Bomber Command. He retained that position for...
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Defence Group. This designation lasted until 1936 when it became No. 6 Group again. As in 1924 the Group was reformed the same day, this time as a bomber formation...
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proportion of death and destruction than Dresden. Avro Lancaster bombers of No 5 bomber group took off at 17:00 hours and met at a collection point west of...
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Eric Rudolph (redirect from Olympic Bomber)
Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American domestic terrorist convicted for a series of bombings across...
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Bomber is the third studio album by English rock band Motörhead. It was released on 12 October 1979 by Bronze Records, their second with the label. By...
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The Group was re-established as No 8 (Bomber) Group on 1 September 1941 only to be disbanded around five months later on 28 January 1942. 8 Group was...
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Rockwell B-1 Lancer (redirect from B-1B bomber)
heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It has been nicknamed the "Bone" (from "B-One"). It is one of the Air Force's three strategic bombers, along...
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Ilyushin Il-28 (redirect from H-5 bomber)
Ilyushin Il-28 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-28; NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet bomber of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the...
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landings on D-day, No. 2 Group consisted of four wings of Douglas Bostons, North American Mitchells, and Mosquito light and medium bombers. During Operation...
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June 5, IDF forces detonated two explosive belts concealed in schoolbags. On July 14, the Shin Bet in Kfar Maskha arrested 17-year-old suicide bomber Ahmed...
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Ministry chose not to proceed with development of the Victory Bomber, terminating it in May 1941. No prototypes were built, but the Avro Lancaster filled a similar...
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A medium bomber is a military bomber aircraft designed to operate with medium-sized bombloads over medium range distances; the name serves to distinguish...
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Golden Bomber (ゴールデンボンバー, Gōrudenbonbā, abbreviated as Kinbaku (金爆), Bomber (ボンバー, Bonbā) or GB) is a Japanese visual kei "air" rock band formed in 2004...
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Mitsubishi G4M (redirect from Betty Bomber)
land-based naval bomber at the time. This was achieved by its structural lightness and an almost total lack of protection for the crew, with no armor plating...
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Wing Commander Gomm (No. 467 Squadron RAAF) assumed control of the operation when the aircraft of Group Captain Slee, the master bomber, developed trouble...
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suicide bombers are women who intend to do suicide attack, wherein the bomber kills herself while simultaneously killing targeted people. Suicide bombers are...
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Force. The 474th was a group of Ninth Air Force's 70th Fighter Wing, IX Tactical Air Command. The 474th P-38s provided bomber escort but the primary mission...
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The Bomber Mafia were a close-knit group of American military men who believed that long-range heavy bomber aircraft in large numbers were able to win...
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USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War (redirect from U.S. Far East Air Forces Bomber Command order of battle)
Fighter-Bomber Group, this wing was replaced by the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing effective 1 December. 6150th Tactical Support Wing Organized 5 September...
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