En 1909, Louis Blériot effectue son vol épique au-dessus de la Manche dans son fragile monoplan Blériot XI, en frêne et toile, propulsé par un seul moteur 7 cylindres de 35cv.
Un peu plus de trente ans plus tard, après un grand bond de technologie, de grandes formations de quadrimoteurs, des bombardiers tout en métal, volaient dans la direction opposée pour bombarder le paysage empoisonné du Troisième Reich.
Il s'agit du principaux bombardiers exploités par le Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command (commandement de bombardiers): le Vickers Wellington, le De Havilland Mosquito, le Short Stirling, le Handley Page Halifax, Avro Lancaster:
Les deux principaux piliers de l'aviation américaine étaient ces deux bombardiers lourds: la Forteresse Volante de Boeing B-17 et le Consolidated Liberator B-24.
In 1909, Louis Blériot made his epic flight across the grey waters of the
English Channel in his flimsy Blériot XI monoplane, made of ash and linen, propelled
by a single 7 cylinder 35hp engine.
In little more than 30 years later, in a massive
technological leap forward, great formations of 4-engined all metal bombers were
flying in the opposite direction to lay waste the poisoned landscape of the Third
Reich:
These were the principal bomber aircraft operated by RAF Bomber Command: the Vickers Wellington, the De Havilland Mosquito, the Short Stirling, the Handley Page Halifax and the Avro Lancaster.
The twin mainstays of the 8th Air Force, USAAF were
these two heavy bombers: the Boeing Flying Fortress B-17 and the
Consolidated Liberator B-24:
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