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George Peter Metesky (November 2, 1903 – May 23, 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, was an American electrician and mechanic who terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries and offices.
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber: 1935 retired 1946: 350: Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber: 1931 retired prototype: 8: Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber: 1929 retired prototype: 7: Great Lakes BG dive bomber: 1933 retired 1941: 61: Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber: 1927 retired prototype: 1: Keystone B-3 light bomber: 1929 retired 1940: 36: Keystone B-4 heavy ...
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The Martin RB-57D Canberra is a specialized high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra. It was used by the United States Air Force during the 1950s prior to operational use of the Lockheed U-2.
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles.
November 11 – The Convair XB-58 makes its first flight. It is the prototype of the world's first supersonic bomber, the Convair B-58 Hustler. [32] November 24 – A Douglas DC-6 of Linee Aeree Italiane en route to New York crashes at takeoff near Paris-Le Bourget Airport, killing the crew of 10 and 25 passengers.
The “Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela” is still missing, and the subject of plenty of conspiracy theories. 66 Years Ago, a B-25 Bomber Mysteriously Vanished in a Pennsylvania River Skip to main ...
Carrier-based strategic bomber Douglas Aircraft Company 1952 1956 282 Douglas A-4 (A4D) Skyhawk: Attack aircraft, fighter, aggressor aircraft: Douglas Aircraft Company / McDonnell Douglas: 1954 1956 2,960 North American A-5 (A3J) Vigilante: Carrier-based nuclear bomber /reconnaissance aircraft [7] North American Aviation 1958 1961 167 Grumman A ...