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	RAF Bomber Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many of Bomber Command's personnel and squadrons during the war were neither British nor part of the RAF; a large proportion came from Commonwealth countries, or occupied Europe.
		Bomber Command came to prominence again in the 1960s, when it was at the peak of its postwar power, with the V force of Valiant, Victor and Vulcan nuclear bombers, and a supplemental force of Canberra light bombers.
		Bomber Command was also indirectly responsible, in part at least, for the switch of Luftwaffe attention away from Fighter Command itself to bombing civilian targets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command (3584 words)

	V bomber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the UK's strategic nuclear strike force.
		The RAF Bomber Command ended World War II with a policy of using heavy four-piston-engined bombers for massed raids, and remained committed to this policy in the immediate postwar period, adopting the Avro Lincoln, an updated version of the WW2 Lancaster, as their standard bomber.
		After considering various specifications for such an advanced jet bomber in late 1946, in January 1947 the Air Ministry issued an request for an advanced jet bomber that would be at least the equal of anything the US or the USSR had.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/V_bomber (588 words)

	Bomber Command (review)
		The bombers tried out what became the standard pattern for attacking a city: flares were dropped to mark the target, then 4,000 pound high-explosive "cookies" were used to blast open doors and windows, accompanied by incendiaries to create huge fires.
		Bomber Command launched a massive series of assaults against the Ruhr, Hamburg, and Berlin during 1943 and early 1944.
		Mustangs escorted USAAF bombers on daylight raids against synthetic oil plants, the Achilles Heel of the German war economy.The cream of the Luftwaffe's experienced fighter pilots were lost in the war of attrition waged by the Americans.
	www.ihr.org /jhr/v01/v01p247_Lutton.html (2422 words)

	V bomber Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The bombers were the Valiantss (first flew 1951), Victorss (first flew 1952) and Vulcanss (first flew 1952).
		In any case, massed bombers were unnecessary if a single bomber could destroy an entire city or military installation with a nuclear weapon.
		The request also indicated that the fully loaded weight not exceed 45,350 kilograms (100,000 pounds), though this would be adjusted upward in practice; that the bomber have a cruise speed of 925 km/hr (500 knots); and that it have a service ceiling of 15,240 meters (50,000 feet).
	pyro.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/v/v_/v_bomber.html (639 words)

	HyperWar: The Army Air Forces in WWII: Vol. IV--The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan (Forword)
		The purpose might differ as the bombers softened up islands marked for assault or continued to neutralize those which were by-passed, but the pattern of operations remained pretty constant, with the Seventh moving its bases ever forward as CENPAC forces swept through the Gilberts and Marshalls and, by-passing the Carolines, on to the Marianas.
		The tangled command situation in the CBI has already been cited as perhaps the worst in any theater of the war; in Alaska and the Aleutians there was divided authority between the Army and Navy.
		But, as heavy bombers became more plentiful, they were dispatched in formations permitting a standard bomb pattern; better conditions of operational control allowed AAF commanders to follow or improve on their own doctrines.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/IV/AAF-IV-Fwd.html (6493 words)

	USA Patriotism! ... World War II Medal of Honor Recipients (W to Z)
		As commander of the 5th Bomber Command during the period from 5 September 1942, to 5 January 1943, Brig.
		Citation: Commanding the 1st Battalion attacking a strongly held enemy position on a hill near Sigolsheim, France, on 26 December 1944, found that 1 of his assault companies had been stopped and forced to dig in by a concentration of enemy artillery, mortar, and machinegun fire.
		Commandeering a vehicle, he was driven toward the hostile defenses under incessant fire, finally locating a French officer who accorded him passage through the forward positions.
	www.usa-patriotism.com /tribute/moh/ww2_w-z.htm (8914 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - RCAF Bomber Squadrons Overseas
		It was to counter that threat, that in July 1935 the British Government established Bomber Command, a Royal Air Force (RAF) command whose mission it was to set up an important force ready for strategic bombing.
		After each mission, Bomber Command estimated the loss ratio, the percentage of lost aircraft in relation to the total number of aircraft involved.
		The additional training demanded by the Canadian commanders and the experience gained through perilous missions over Germany allowed 6 Group to substantially improve its performance and reduce its loss ratio to a level equivalent to that of other Bomber Command groups.
	www.junobeach.org /e/4/can-tac-air-bom-e.htm (1716 words)

	RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945 : Rob Davis
		RAF Bomber Command Lancaster veterans speak with great affection of their aircraft, and over the years it has acquired a status equal to that of its wartime comrade, the Supermarine Spitfire.
		Squadron Commanders were not required to operate on every raid, but one measure of their leadership skills was how often they and their crew actually did fly with the rest of the squadron.
		Still operating by night, RAF Bomber Command could now find their targets, which were by this time very often city centres as well as specific military targets.
	www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /raf_bc (9164 words)

	Vickers Valiant B1 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command's V class aircraft and established Britain's air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force.
		The arrival of the turbojet and the nuclear bomb, in 1945, profoundly influenced the Royal Air Force's requirements for a heavy bomber replacement.
		The new V bombers dispensed with all means of defence, except electronic jamming, to protect the aircraft as it made its high speed, high altitude run into the target.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /vickers-valiant-b1.htm (199 words)

	Command Structure in the South West Pacific Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Not long after the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbour, the 8 ships of the American Pensacola Convoy arrived in Brisbane on 23 December 1941 with approximately 2,400 United States Army Air Corps Troops, 2 Field Artillery Regiments, and over 70 aircraft.
		General Barnes was his Chief of Staff and General Brereton was in command of all Air Forces.
		He was appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA).
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/ozatwar/commandstructure.htm (259 words)

	RAF Bomber Command: Aircraft, Munitions, Stats, Missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bomber Command flew 3,095 sorties and dropped over 8,600 tons of bombs on Hamburg during this brief but fierce campaign.
		The advantages of the system were that any aircraft with the necessary receiving equipment on board could use it and, unlike the beams along which the German bombers flew to their targets, the GEE pulses were not themselves directed anywhere so that, even if detected, they would not reveal the bombers' potential destinations.
		Bomber Command flew 391,137 sorties dropping 955,044 tons of bombs (758,685 tons HE, 196,355 tons incendaries).
	www.ww2guide.com /britishb.shtml (7437 words)

	HANDLEY PAGE BOMBER
		The Handley Page Bomber was a two-engine heavy bomber that was used by the United Kingdom, during World War I, and by the United States, after World War I. It was first used in combat by the Royal Naval Service, in November 1916, and was in service until the summer of 1923.
		The first version of the Handley Page Bomber, the O/100, first flew on December 17, 1916 and was, at the time, the largest aircraft to be built in the United Kingdom.
		The first Handley Page Bomber squadron was formed in August 1916 and was deployed to France around the beginning of November 1916.
	www.geocities.com /roynagl/handleypage.htm (1231 words)

	14 January 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		U-boat commanders are relishing the prospect of a second "happy time".
		Among the major decisions reached are: (1) an agreement to establish Combined Chiefs of Staff to direct the British-American war effort; (2) the main effort must be made first against Germany; and (3) occupation of French North Africa (Operation GYMNAST) is of strategic importance in Atlantic area.
		HQ of the USAAF’s Far East Air Force and HQ V Bomber Command transfer from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia to Malang, Java.
	www.angelfire.com /my/rememberww2/1942/01/14.htm (820 words)

	22 Operations Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Earned two Distinguished Unit Citations, one for air raids over enemy forces in Papua (Jul 1942-Jan 1943) and another for destroying enemy entrenchments that were preventing the advance of Australian ground forces in New Guinea (5 Nov 1943).
		Transferred without personnel and equipment to the Philippines in Nov 1945 and to Okinawa in May 1946, where it was remanned and equipped with B-29s the next month.
		In May 1948, moved to the United States to serve Strategic Air Command.
	afhra.maxwell.af.mil /wwwroot/rso/wings_groups_pages/0022og.php (713 words)

	March 1942 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		HQ V Bomber Command ceases operating on Java and ceases to function as an operational unit.
		British remove Thomas Hutton from command of their forces on Burma, and replace him with General Sir Harold Alexander, who two days later will have to retreat from Rangoon.
		SBDs hit Lae and the bomber and torpedeo squadrons would hit Salamaua, both raids caught the Japanese by surprise and hiting shipping engaged in landing troops and supplies at Lae and Salamaua.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1942/3-42.html (2153 words)

	Kenneth Newton Walker, Brigadier General, United States Army Air Corps
		As commander of the 5th Bomber Command during the period from 5 September 1942, to 5 January 1943, Brigadier General Walker repeatedly accompanied his units on bombing missions deep into enemy-held territory.
		Walker later commanded the Fifth Bomber Command in the Pacific theater, from September 1942 until his death.
		Kenney worried about his bomber commander, who was privy to much highly classified information, flying over enemy-held territory In December, he ordered Walker to fly no more combat missions.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /knwalker.htm (2029 words)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		The squadron personnel were carefully selected, and the pilots and observers, many of them from night-bombing FE2b squadrons in France, underwent a special course at the School of Navigation at Andover.
		The squadron was to be equipped with the Handley Page V/1500 four-engined bomber - unofficially known as the Super Handley - with which it was hoped, Berlin would be reached from the base in Britain.
		It remained based at Kirmington throughout the remainder of the war and, flying Wellingtons and Lancasters, participated in many major raids, and also played an active part in Gardening (minelaying).
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand/h166.html (430 words)

	Bert Pinner, RAF Lancaster Bomber Command Navigator During World War 2
		I have also found that the more I delve in to the world of Bomber Command the more I am in awe of the courage and resilience of those who flew in the air war against Germany.
		The contentious issue of Bomber Command not being properly recognised I feel is one of the great injustices of this country.
		Special thanks to my mother for keeping the original documents all these years and to everyone on the Bomber Command e groups, for their enthusiasm in keeping such an important part of history alive.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /billchurchley/bertpinner.html (1009 words)

	The 380th Bomb Group History.
		This transfer was designed to give Allied forces bomber support as they attempted to liberate the northern portions of the Philippine Islands near Legaspi and Luzon.
		Fragmentation bombs were dropped on airdromes at Okayama and Tainan, demolition bombs were hurled against the important enemy naval base, Mako, in the Pescadores Islands, and devastating aerial blows were dealt the industrial area of Taichu.
		In April, the 380th Group was relieved of its tedious ground support commitments in the Philippines and its full operational weight was focused on the continued neutralization of Formosa and the first heavy bomber strikes against targets in China and French Indo-China.
	www.fb-111a.net /380BGhistory.html (1514 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944 v. 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1945 v.
		RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1939-40 v.
		The book does not pretend to be anything other than a list of every Bomber Command aircraft lost in 1944 so it is aimed at a specific market.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0904597911 (434 words)

	SLEDGEHAMMERS FOR TINTACKS : Bomber Command Combats the V-1 Menace, 1943 - 1944: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		The German High Command hoped the weapon would not only revenge the Allied bombing of their homeland, but seriously hinder Allied invasion plans.
		The story is told using fascinating photographic coverage, previously unpublished records, intelligence information and graphic first hand accounts provided by Bomber Command veterans, Luftwaffe night fighter veterans and accounts from French people who witnessed the whole German operation from the construction of the secret weapon installations to the launching of the flying bombs.?
		An eye-opening and sober account of a crucial time in aviation and military history, Sledgehammers For Tintacks is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to personal and academic World War II Military History Studies collections.
	www.mysqlwebhosting.biz /stuff-1902304969.html (357 words)

	British Bomber Command
		The American built twin-engine light bomber was outdated by the time it joined the RAF in 1942 at a time when the hugely successful Mosquito was becoming operational.
		The Consolidated Vultee Liberator was an American four-engined heavy bomber (known by the USAAF as the B-24) first supplied in small numbers to the RAF in 1940/41 and soon found to be unsuitable for bombing operations in Europe.
		Subsequently used mainly by RAF Coastal Command for long-range reconnaissance missions and as a transport aircraft (a Liberator was used by Winston Churchill as his personal transport).
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/ntopic57.html (1587 words)

	8th Flying Training Squadron [8th FTS]
		The 425th was then reassigned to V Bomber Command, on 5 September 1942, and redesignated as the 8th Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 February 1943.
		On 13 November 1943, the 8th was redesignated as the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, coinciding with the unit's reassignment to the 6th Photographic (later, 6th Reconnaissance) Group (though it was attached to V Bomber Command after c.
		Having relocated to Irumagawa, Japan, on 25 January 1946, the squadron was reassigned to the V Bomber Command, on 27 April 1946; to the 314th Composite Wing, on 31 May 1946; and to the 71st Reconnaissance (later, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, on 28 February 1947 (attached to the 314th Composite Wing to November 1947).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/8fts.htm (557 words)

	LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT NELSON SMITH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From June 1942 to February 1944, he was a B-26 pilot in the 408th Bombardment Squadron in the Southwest Pacific Area, and then was assistant director of operations, V Bomber Command in New Guinea.
		In July 1952 he was assigned to Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as deputy chief, Target Analysis Division, Directorate of Intelligence, became chief of the division in July 1953, and was assigned as the director of intelligence in June 1955.
		During his service as director of intelligence for SAC, General Smith was appointed the Air Force coordinator on the secretary of defense Technical Advisory Group in 1958.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio_print.asp?bioID=7191&page=1 (656 words)

	V force
		V force: the history of Britain's airborne deterrent
		RAF Bomber Command and its aircraft ([by] James Goulding and Philip Moyes; ISBN: 071100627X; Đ5.95; 99% match)
		RAF Bomber Command and its aircraft ([by] James Goulding and Philip Moyes; ISBN: 0711007888; 99% match)
	isbndb.com /d/book/v_force.html (247 words)

	Welcome to V BOMBER COMMAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Constituted as V Bomber Command on 28 October 1941.
		Late in December the remaining bombers and some men were evacuated to Darwin, Australia, and in January 1942 they were moved to Java tohelp delay the Jjapanese advance in the Netherlands Indies.
		Headquarters was remanned in September 1942 at Townsville, Australia under the command of Brig Gen Kenneth N. Walker and shortly afterward it assumed contraol of Army Air Force bombardment groups in Australia and New Guinea.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,703254,00.html (258 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Fall of the Philippines [Chapter 3]
		General Arnold, in a letter to the commander of the Hawaiian Air Force on 1 December, expressed this view when he wrote: "We must get every B-17 available to he Philippines as soon as possible."[42] His statement was not an exaggeration.
		The Interceptor Command was considerably modernized during the fall of 1941 and by 7 December all but one of its pursuit squadrons were equipped with P-40s.[47]
		This decision was based on the belief that heavy bombers on Luzon would be subject to attack and that they should therefore be moved south, out of reach of the enemy.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-3.html (8157 words)

	NZFPM - The Fall of Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the first few months of 1944 offensive fighter operations against the Germans in Europe were in full swing.
		Early in the year the 2nd Tactical Air Force had been formed, composed of fighter, fighter bomber and light bomber squadrons, which would give direct support to the Army after the invasion of France.
		The squadrons designated for 2nd TAF left their bases and moved to airfields in Southern England, where pilots and ground staff lived under canvas to prepare them for what was to come.
	www.nzfpm.co.nz /theatres/tow_tfog.htm (574 words)

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