BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

Country of origin: United States

Type: long range heavy bomber

Powerplant: four 1,200-hp Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone turbocharged radial position engines

Performance: maximum speed 317mph (510.2km/h) ; service ceiling 35,800ft (10,911m) ; range 2,000miles (3,218killometers)

Weights: empty 36,135lbs (16,390kg) ; maximum take-off 65,500lbs (29,710kg)

Dimentions: span 103ft 9in (31.30m) ; length 74ft 4in (22.56m) ; height 19ft 1in (5.89m)

Armament: a total of 13 12.7mm machine guns (twin guns in the chin, ventral, dorsal, and tail positions, two single in the nose, two in waist, on in radio compartment, plus an internal bomb load of 17,600lbs

BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS

Country of origin: USA

Type: (B-29) nine seat long range heavy bomber

Powerplant: four 1640kw (2200hp) Wright R-3350-23 18-cylinder two-row radial engines

Performance: maximum speed 358mph (576km/h) ; climb to 20,000ft (6,095m) in 38 minutes ; service ceiling 31,850ft (9,710m) ; range 5,830miles (9,382killometers)

Weights: empty 70,140lbs (31,816kg) ; normal take-off 105,000lbs (47,628km) ; maximum take-off 124,00lbs (56,246)

Dimentions: span 141ft 2.75in (43.05m) ; length 99ft (30.18m) ; height 29ft 7 in (9.02m)

Armament: one 20mm trainable reward-firing cannon and two .5in trainable reward-firing machine guns in the tail position, plus an internal bomb load of 20,000lbs (9,072kg)

JUNKERS JU88A

Country of Origin: Germany

Type: (Ju88A-4) four-seat high-speed, level and dive bomber

Powerplant: two 999kw (1340hp) Junkers Jumo 211J-1/2 12-cylinder engine

Performance: Maximum speed 292mph (470km/h) ; climb to 17,715ft (5,400m) in 23 minutes ; service ceiling 26,900ft (8,200m) ; range 1,696miles (2,730killometers)

Weights: empty 21,737lbs (9,860km) ; maximum take-off 30,865lbs (40,000kg)

Dimentions: Span 65ft 7.5in (20.00m) ; length 47ft 2.75in (14.40m) ; height 15ft 11in (4.85m)

Armament: one 7.92mm fixed or trainable forward-firing machine gun in windscreen, one 13mm or two 7.92mm forward-firing machine guns in nose position, two 7.92mm machine guns in the rear of the cockpit, one 13mm or two 7.92mm trainable reward-firing machine guns in the rear of the undernose gondola, plus a bomb load of 5,511lbs (2,500kg)

DE HAVILAND MOSQUITO

Country of origin: Great Britan

Type: high speed bomber

Powerplant: (MK I IV) 2 1,400hp Rolls Royce Merlin 21, 22, or 23 water cooled "V" 12 cylinder engines

Performance: maximum speed 415mph (257km/h) ; service ceiling 37,000ft (11,277.6m) ; range 1,485miles (2,389.8killometers)

Dimentions: span 54ft 2in (16.48m) ; length: 40ft 6in (12.34m) ; height: 12ft 6in (3.81m)

Armament: exterior bomb load of 1,000lbs (460.59kg)

AVRO LANCASTER MK I

Country of origin: Great Britan

Type: (Landcaster Mk I) seven-seat heavy night bomber

Powerplant: four 1640hp (1223kw) Rolls-Royce Merlin XX, 22 or 24 12-cylinder Vee engines

Performance: maximum speed 287mph (462km/h) ; initial climb rate 250ft (76m) per minute ; service ceiling 19,000ft (5,790m) ; range 1730miles (2,784killometers) with a 12,000lb (5,443kg) bomb load

Weights: empty 37,000lbs (16,783kg) ; maximum take-off 65,000lbs (29,484kg)

Dimentions: span 102ft (31.09m) ; length 69ft 6in (21.18m) ; height 20ft 6in (6.25m)

Armament: two .303in trainable machine guns in the nose turret, two .303in trainable machine guns in the dorsal turret, four .303in trainable machine guns in the tail turret, and provision for one .303in trainable machine gun in a ventral turret, plus an internal bomb load of 18,00lbs (8,165kg)