On their return to Singapore they were attacked in open waters and sunk by long-range medium bombers.
Smaller than most contemporary medium bombers, it was relatively fast and easy to handle.
From 1939, it was expected that the P.13/36 would replace existing medium bombers in production.
German medium bombers, usually sent in waves of 50, could carry between 60 and 85 tons of bombs.
As a part of this plan, a competition for a modern medium bomber was announced in 1939.
Haynes used what few aircraft were available, mostly war-weary medium bombers.
The B-26 series were twin-engine medium bombers built by Douglas and first flown in 1942.
The Latécoère 570 was a twin-engined medium bomber designed to a 1934 specification.
At 1130, a Japanese medium bomber came in high out of the sun and dropped three bombs.
Provide reconnaissance, troop transport, and tactical bombardment using 2-engine medium bombers.
The black-painted RB-26s were originally medium bombers that were modified for aerial reconnaissance in the late 1940s.
These included the final dozen Do 17 medium bombers in January.
Moreover, Walker's headquarters was in Townsville, as heavy and medium bombers were based there and only staged through Port Moresby.
The second battle began on 15 February, with the controversial destruction of the monastery by heavy and medium bombers.
They were medium bombers, not attack bombers.
Of the Luftwaffe contingent 929 were medium bombers.
On 17 August, Whitehead's heavy and medium bombers and fighters, escorted by fighters, bombed Wewak.
It is the heavy and medium bombers of the American air forces in Turkey and Diego Garcia that are our chief concern.
There was also a large bombardment in the final ninety minutes, employing several hundred heavy and medium bombers and a "creeping barrage".
So big and medium bombers were pulled off other missions to attack the launch sites.