the Bomber Aircraft POCKETBOOK

This lovely pocketbook, which contains many photographs, depicts the various bomber aircraft in service around the world from 1914 to 1965.

The development of the bomber aircraft and its associated weapons, conventional and nuclear, has exerted an increasing influence on all our lives over the past half century. But forgetting for a moment the enormous destructive power of the bombs it carries, the present - day* bomber is of absorting technical interest as the culminating point of a 50 year - long process of engineering experiment and achievement.

( ... ) Excellent books have appeared recently on the history, analysis and achievements of air bombing, but none concentrates on the entire technical evolution of the carrying vehicle itself in all the major forces. That is the aim of this little book, which closely follows the pattern of previously published Fighter Aircraft Pocketbook. Together, these volumes give a graphic review of the growth of the two main tools of modern air power. ( ... )