Tag: bomber
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Blackburn Botha
Blackburn Botha The Blackburn Botha was a four-seat torpedo bomber built for the British Royal Air Force. Service testing showed that it was under-powered and had poor visibility. Consequently it was only used operationally by 608 Squadron before being withdrawn and used for training. Read more
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Douglas XB-19
Douglas XB-19 The Douglas XB-19 project was intended to test flight characteristics and design techniques for giant bombers. Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was completed, the Army Air Corps believed the prototype would be useful for testing despite Douglas Aircraft wanting to cancel the expensive project. Its construction took Read more
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Mitsubishi Ki-15
Mitsubishi Ki-15 The Mitsubishi Ki-15 was a Japanese reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft developed in the mid-1930s. It originated from a Japanese Army requirement for a fast, long-range reconnaissance machine that could outrun contemporary fighters. Mitsubishi began work in 1935, with the prototype flying in May 1936. The aircraft was a low-wing monoplane of all-metal Read more