L'Avro Lancaster era un bombardiere pesante quadrimotore utilizzato dalla RAF a partire dal 1942 e, assieme all'Handley Page Halifax, fu il principale bombardiere strategico della RAF e delle altre forze aeree dei paesi del Commonwealth. Venne utilizzato principalmente come bombardiere notturno. In tutto sono stati realizzati 7.378 Lancaster (prototipi esclusi), 430 dei quali in Canada e ne sono stati persi 3.932 in azione. L'Handley Page Halifax fu uno dei principali bombardieri pesanti quadrimotori britannici, rimanendo in servizio fino alla fine del conflitto, con numerosi compiti oltre al bombardamento. La carriera dell'Halifax cominciò nel novembre 1940 e proseguì fino alla fine della guerra. Questi quadrimotori, comunque, continuarono a operare, sia pure in ruoli secondari, fino al 1954-56. Nella pratica, però, il Lancaster dimostrò migliori prestazioni e non appena fu disponibile in numero sufficiente, rimpiazzò gli Halifax. Lo Short S.29 Stirling era un bombardiere pesante britannico, il primo della sua categoria. Insieme al Lancaster e all’Halifax costituisce i tre principali bombardieri utilizzati dalla Gran Bretagna nella seconda guerra mondiale con capacità di carico di bombe dai 6.000 kg fino ai 10.000 kg della Bomba Grand Slam, una tra le più pesanti bombe mai costruite.

The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine heavy bomber used by the RAF in 1942 and, together with the Handley Page Halifax, was the main strategic bomber of the RAF and other air forces of the Commonwealth countries. It was mainly used as a night bomber. Around 7,378 were realized Lancaster (excluding prototypes), 430 of them in Canada and they were lost in action 3,932. The Handley Page Halifax was a major British four-engined heavy bombers, remaining in service until the end of the conflict, with numerous tasks in addition to bombing. Halifax's career began in November 1940 and continued until the end of the war. These four engine, however, continued to operate, albeit in minor roles, until 1954-56. In practice, however, the Lancaster showed better performance and as soon as it was available in sufficient numbers, he replaced the Halifax. The Short S.29 Stirling was a British heavy bomber, the first in its class. Along with Lancaster and the Halifax constitute the three main bombers used by Britain in World War II with capacity of bombs from 6,000 kg to 10,000 kg Bomb Grand Slam, one of the heaviest bombs ever built.

A definitive list of nearly 7,000 claims submitted by Luftwaffe night fighter pilots for Allied aircraft shot down in WW2. These claims are listed with the following details; Date, Time, Location, Type of aircraft shot down, Claiming Pilot and his Unit. Entries feature claims against Russian, American as well as Bomber Command aircraft.

How do you fly a Lancaster, or a Halifax or even a Stirling? Using original Pilot's Notes, Louis Archard introduces you to the famous aircraft of the Bomber Offensive.

The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.

Conceived in the shadow of looming war, when the RAF's bomber force was largely made up of obsolete and outmoded aircraft, the Stirling became the first British four-engined 'heavy' bomber of the Second World War. Developed, tested and brought into service in the first desperate years of the Second World War, the arrival of the Stirling marked a turning point in the aerial warfare of that conflict, the moment when the Allies went on the offensive against the German homeland. In the years that followed Stirling squadrons were at the forefront of the developing tactics of the Allied bomber campaign - target marking, pathfinding, electronic navigation, the thousand bomber raids etc. - that were ultimately to lead to the utter devastation of so many German cities. Despite this leading role the Stirling has never enjoyed the standing of the Halifax and the even more celebrated Lancaster. Handicapped by an unrealistic peacetime design specification, it could not match the performance of its more famous successors and was withdrawn from frontline service as deliveries of Lancasters and Halifaxes gathered momentum. However, even then the Stirling proved to be versatile and adaptable as a glider tug, transport in secret SOE operations, and later as a civilian transport in the immediate post-war years.The Stirling Story is the culmination of years of exhaustive research by one of the world's foremost aviation authors. From original design specification and testing, through its development, introduction to service, developing marks and later adaptations the full story of the Shorts Stirling bomber is told with the aid of eyewitness accounts from the designers, production workers, engineers and above all the crews of the Stirling. Much more than the history of just one aircraft type, The Stirling Story is the story of RAF Bomber Command emerging from obscurity and failure to become a devastatingly effective weapon of war. It is an essential work of reference that no serious military aviation enthusiast or war historian can afford to be without, as well as a fascinating read for anyone with any interest in, or connection with, the Shorts Stirling.'