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Gradually British air defenses improved and the Germans also introduced large bomber aircraft for bombing Britain. In 1917 and 1918 there were only eleven Zeppelin raids against England, and the final raid occurred on 5 August 1918, which resulted in the death of KK Peter Strasser , commander of the German Naval Airship Department.
Delivery After Raid (1940). Delivery After Raid, also popularly known as The London Milkman, is a black and white photograph taken by Fred Morley on 9 October 1940. [1] The image shows a milkman making his delivery along a street with buildings destroyed by German bombers during The Blitz in Holborn, Central London.
On 21 December 1988, N739PA, the aircraft operating the transatlantic leg of the route was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew in what became known as the Lockerbie bombing. [9] Large sections of the aircraft crashed onto a residential street in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 people on the
In February 2023 it was stated that the order for three aircraft could gradually increase to five. [18] [2] Reconnaissance / Maritime Patrol; Beechcraft Shadow R.1: United States: Propeller: ISTAR: 2009: 6: 8 [19] [2] Expected OSD 2030. [20] A further two aircraft are to be added by 2025 along with an upgrade to the current aircraft. [21 ...
Commercial passenger airliners and cargo aircraft have been the subject of plots or attacks by bombs and fire since near the start of air travel. Many early bombings were suicides or schemes for insurance money, but in the latter part of the 20th century, assassination and political and religious militant terrorism became the dominant motive for attacking large jets.
A 30-page pamphlet with photos and text from the 1941 propaganda film "Target for To-Night". A 30-page brochure entitled The Book of the famous film Target for To-Night and sub-titled The Record in Text and Pictures of a Bombing Raid on Germany was released in 1941. It covered various scenes from the film along with photographic stills and was ...
Operation Oyster was a bombing raid made by the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 6 December 1942 upon the Philips works at Eindhoven, Netherlands.The Philips company was a major producer of electronics equipment, including vacuum tubes for radio communication.
Names With Wings: The Names & Naming Systems of Aircraft & Engines Flown by the British Armed Forces 1878–1984. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1995. ISBN 1-85310-491-4. White, Rowland. Vulcan 607: The Epic Story of the Most Remarkable British Air Attack since WWII. London: Bantam Press, 2006. ISBN 0-593-05391-5. Willis, David.