At the time the US had a commanding lead in strategic bombers.

The general was a command pilot with more than 4,500 flying hours in 25 different fighters and bombers.

Few bomber crews - if in fact any - exceeded this total, and certainly not in heavy bombers.

This was a ground crew job, but Jackson applied to train as a flight engineer in bombers.

It is very difficult to build a democracy as pupils of foreign tutors who arrived in bombers and tanks.

During the Second World War, he was a pilot in bombers.

His war record includes 394 combat missions in light bombers on the Eastern Front.

He held operational jobs in air defense interceptors, tactical fighters and strategic bombers.

The 211 was relegated to "secondary" roles in bombers and transports.

Commanding a pursuit group involved a considerable change of pace for a man whose career thus far had been spent in bombers.